11 Jun
2012
11 Jun
'12
4:35 p.m.
On Jun 11, 2012, at 11:53, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
On 11 Jun 2012, at 16:13, Jonathan Katz <jon at
jonworld.com> wrote:
As has been discussed somewhat recently on this list, I recall that the end of NetInfo
coincided with the departure of Tevanian. Draw your own conclusions.
The only way I could ever think to describe NetInfo to outsiders was, "Think of
Windows' registry, but worse."
- Dave
I love the South Park reference, but I'm
wondering why they kept NetInfo
around for so many years and only recently ditched it.
That was inheritance from NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP and you're right, it
didn't really disappear until 10.4 or 10.5 IIRC. It was ugly, it was
even worse in OPENSTEP!