FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: "OpenSoftwareValet"

["Stuart Rocks" <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Think about it - why do we become control freaks (and I
> am on my Windows machine at work and all of my machines
> here)? Because the OS isn't capable. In a perfect OS,
> the only files we should ever see are data files, IMHO.
> The OS should manage our apps.

The problem I'm seeing here is that quite often apps misbehave, go wrong,
try and take over your system, etc. Like Realplayer 8 under Windows - which
is absolutely evil - the thing puts crap everywhere. It's really the same
problem which LewisB pointed out when he said something along the lines of
"The one potential problem would be developers [who] assume their
Application is SOOO usefuly they set [..] their apps show up in every
category."

From a more generalised perspective, I'm asking the question; how can an OS
protect it's user from applications that [s]he wants to run?