Was The Windows Registry a Good Idea?

August 30, 2007

Jeff Atwood:

After living with the Windows Registry for more than a decade, I’m starting to wonder if we were better off with those .INI files.

Only one question comes to mind — it took you a decade to find out?

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Comments

Jeff’s stuff is entertaining, accessible and, most of the time, obvious. Only occasionally does this formula backfire on him (FizzBuzz comes to mind).

Posted by: Brandon Corfman at August 30, 2007 3:12 PM | link

I agree, didn’t mean to criticize him — I enjoy his site very much.

Posted by: Stefan Tilkov at August 30, 2007 3:23 PM | link