Comment RedHat = Microsoft-minded UNIX (Score 1) 370
A problem with Microsoft is they try to re-create
concepts they THINK are right when they could
have built on ones used and fine-tuned in the
UNIX community for years before. (Things like
UID/GID vs ACLs, NFS or sNFS vs File Sharing,
TCP/IP vs IPX/NetBEUI, DNS vs WINS the list
goes on and on.)
What RedHat is doing from under the noses of
those who are not familiar with UNIX is similar
to the Microsoft mentality. RedHat THINKS it
is better to put this config file here, or that
log file there. This breaks sh$t and is
completely foreign to a UNIX user from outside
the RedHat world. It also makes it far more
difficult to use both RPM and non-RPM packages.
RedHat is really trying to make life easier by
putting categories of files in specific locations
but the effects are anything but that. They
really should have created most RPM packages
with the default locations the author used
(usually something like
Now if you want to make tweaks to binaries
you're in for plenty of work.
I appreciate the good publicity RedHat has given
the Linux community. Driver support and programs
are being created far faster with a larger
user base. However, (Note to RedHat) don't try
to re-invent UNIX, it has been around a lot
longer than you.
