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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 17, 2026 at 3:47:39 PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   :   
      
   > Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=    
   > news:10kfimn$2c5f0$3@dont-email.me Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:53:43 GMT in   
   > comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 08:31:32 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I also don't mess the centralized registry concept that MS foisted   
   >>> upon us.   
   >>   
   >> Who is this “us”?   
   >   
   > The typical Windows user.   
      
   I am surprised to see you refer to yourself as a "typical Windows user".   
   Curious.   
      
   >  MS was actively discouraging the use of .INI files   
   > from Windows 95. They wanted you using the centralized registry instead.   
      
   Yes... what a pain.   
      
      
   >   
   >>> I appreciate human readable text file configurations.   
   >>   
   >> Funnily enough, Windows had that, in the form of .INI files that were   
   >> quite popular among Windows/DOS apps in the days before Windows 95 and   
   >> Windows NT.   
   >   
   > I'm well aware. The windows 9x series was a glorified DOS shell though. The   
   > NT family wasn't.   
      
   Not quote... the 9x series could run 32 bit code, and that was not just as a   
   shell. It did use DOS and was not a seepage from it as the NT code.   
      
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