On Monday 28 April 2008, Stroller wrote: > On 27 Apr 2008, at 11:55, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > ... > > Microsoft's stated reason for this is to annoy users so much that > > they will annoy 3rd party developers who will write software that > > doesn't need root to install. Hmmmm. > > Is this not - substantially - the same as the reason for the Portage > QA warning messages? > ;)
hehehe, well spotted :-) Superficially similar, but very different in implementation. Portage tells you about stuff that could be improved, it can be disabled by those who don't know what to do about it and the user has the choice. UAC just gets in your face like an annoying fruit fly buzzing round your nose and won't go away. The user does not have a choice worth a damn and is not in control -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
