From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (mummy.ncsc.mil [144.51.88.129]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j2SAI2Do024197 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:18:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (jazzhorn.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.9]) by jazzhorn.ncsc.mil (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2SAEbUJ015279 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:14:37 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so268638wri for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 02:17:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:17:14 +0800 From: Rogelio Serrano Reply-To: Rogelio Serrano To: Ivan Gyurdiev , "Fedora SELinux support list for users &, developers." , selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: Desktop apps interoperability In-Reply-To: <20050328100140.GB3430@lkcl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <1111985855.1514.70.camel@cobra.ivg2.net> <1111986213.1514.77.camel@cobra.ivg2.net> <1111987652.1514.97.camel@cobra.ivg2.net> <20050328100140.GB3430@lkcl.net> Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:01:40 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 12:27:31AM -0500, Ivan Gyurdiev wrote: > > > Now Windows' approach of having "My Documents" and the like is starting > > to make a lot of sense (even though I absolutely hate those names). > > and the concept of a registry, too. > > unix has a lot of legacy headaches to answer for that make its > useability as a desktop system a pain in the neck. > > perhaps this is one that's worthwhile raising with the linux > standards base people? > > if it doesn't present a solution "now" it might at least get one into > the pipeline and start to make a difference in five to ten years time. > > l. > NextStep and Mac OS X solved this problem very elegantly. IMHO. -- Blood is thicker than water... and much tastier John Davidorff Pell -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.