Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Dec 2005 16:32 UTC, submitted by Valour
"There is a lot of confusing information about the GNU/Linux operating system, open source and free software, and related issues in the press today. Many of these technologies and concepts are difficult to understand because they deviate from the standard historical traditions of the software industry. There are also a number of sponsored reports and other corporate propaganda published around the Web that smear the image of Linux and free software. In the interest of making a few basic concepts clear, this article will bring light to the darkness perpetuated by uninformed journalists, campaigning CEOs, and misleading advertisements."
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I agree with you to a point. But the fact that in the Windows world (as in DOS and CP/M before it) binaries and libraries can live in the same directory is, IMO, just asking for trouble. I think the POSIX idea is better, where, apart from user data, binaries, libraries, configuration files, even help files are each in their own directory makes it much easier to assign privileges to each file type, making it more secure.