> I wish everything in /etc/ used a common format, like YAML, or a small set of common formats. This is what makes the Windows registry such a success. I think

> I wish everything in /etc/ used a common format, like YAML, or a small set of common formats. This is what makes the Windows registry such a success. I think too many Linux people hated Windows for too long that they ignored this problem. Microsoft already had the solution in Windows 95. Early iterations maybe weren’t perfect, but they stuck with a standard API and everyone got onboard. It completely removes an entire set of problems that Linux people keep reinventing the wheel for.