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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:37:28 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <20000906023148.4901.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com> (message from
Earnie Boyd on Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:31:48 -0700 (PDT))
Subject: Re: versions/compatibilities FAQ request
References: <20000906023148 DOT 4901 DOT qmail AT web108 DOT yahoomail DOT com>

> Why denote the version on the shortcut?  Why not just Cygwin?  And
> don't tell me to look at the DLL naming thread. ;^)

The Cygwin CD-ROM called itself "Cygwin 1.0" in the start menu so I
wanted to put something else to differentiate it.  Perhaps "Cygwin Net
Release"?

Within Red Hat we often need multiple versions of Cygwin installed for
various purposes.

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