From:	geklein@[192.168.100.2] (Georg Klein)
Subject:	Re: philosophy question
6 Nov 1997 14:43:27 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<19971106200925.9056.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@koeln3.pop.metronet.de>
Reply-To:	geklein AT metronet DOT de
To:	raucd AT sk DOT sympatico DOT ca, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

> Date:          Wed, 05 Nov 1997 17:06:42 -0600
> From:          Darren Rauckman <raucd AT sk DOT sympatico DOT ca>
> Reply-to:      raucd AT sk DOT sympatico DOT ca
> To:            gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
> Subject:       Re: philosophy question

> > i don't see a conflict. My goal is simple: to take as much control
> > as possible of NT away from microsoft and into the free software
> > community, so that on those rare cases when I have to use NT, I
> > don't use their miserable tools, their expensive software, or
> > depend on their unreliable SDKs. "Embrace and extend". gnu-win32
> > is a step toward that end. In the limit, we boot an NT kernel and
> > run only gnu tools on top. Now that would be fun.
> 
> That is the best thing I have heard in a long time.  DOWN WITH
> MICROSOFT!!
> 

Hi,

to me, there remains one simple question: why booting an NT-Kernel 
and work with gnu-tools, when you van have that much better: use, for 
example, linux, use FreeBSD and you have alle the gnu-tools you want 
without using a Microsoft OS!

Georg 
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