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Via OSNews: Alternatives to the Registry.
Microsoft Corp. now stores system configuration information in binary format in its Windows registry, but other vendors take different approaches to achieve the same goal.
Discusses GConf, MacOSX's scheme, Sun's scheme, etc. Good read:
Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X already stores user settings in standard flat files using the XML format, company spokesman Bill Evans says. The operating system has an application called System Preferences that contains the controls users need to customize system settings.
Each user on a computer has a home directory for storing preferences, files and personal documents. "One of the advantages of this storage method is easy migration," Evans says. "Since there are no cryptic data stores to move -- only standard XML files -- a user can quickly migrate to a new Macintosh by simply copying the contents of their home directory to the new computer."
Makes sense, right? You don't have to worry about your registry getting corrupted, you can edit your files in a text editor, and you get automatic multi-user and multi-version support without doing anything. [Keith's Weblog]
Agree 100%. As I said before, proprietary binary formats are *EVIL*.
7:45:51 AM Google It! 
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