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Re: [Full-Disclosure] M$ - so what should they do?
From: Bruce Ediger (eballen1
qwest.net)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 14:31:25 CDT
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Michael Schaefer wrote:
> Well, lets see, moving away from the Registry (single point of failure)
> would be a good step.
>
> Separating the operating system from programs would be great, I don't
> like the fact that everything and it's brother thinks it can or should
> dump files into the system directory.
How about changing the ".exe" convention? Making a file executable by
it's "extension" probably causes a lot of opportunities for problems,
doesn't it?
Also, the magic file names, like "CON" and "AUX" should go away.
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