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Logging: Structured logging with automatic rotation etc was implemented in Windows Event log

Structured data passing between programs instead of just text is part of Powershell concept.

Calling of other programs to request specific actions with smooth UI called Android intents.

If you want to store structured data, you should use well, a database.

So, part of critique of author is Linux specific.

But generally I agree with author: OS are poor abstractions and really need to be improved.



> Structured data passing between programs instead of just text is part of Powershell concept.

dbus, CORBA and COM would like to have couple words with you


I don't know about DBus and CORBA but COM is unreasonably hard compared to REST or Protobuf.




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