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Date:	Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:33:10 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
CC:	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
In-reply-to:	<20001013210746.27433.qmail@web114.yahoomail.com> (message from
	Earnie Boyd on Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:07:45 -0700 (PDT))
Subject:	Re: RFC: linux compatibility
References:	<20001013210746 DOT 27433 DOT qmail AT web114 DOT yahoomail DOT com>

> Which is a different consideration, SYSV vs BSD.  I've noticed that
> some packages port better using BSD and some port better using SYSV.
> It will give Cygwin more coherence if you can say which standard we
> try to follow.

I am hoping that, by choosing Linux, it won't matter.  Things will get
ported to Linux, regardless of whether it's SYSV or BSD they use.
Once ported to Linux, Cygwin ports should be easy.

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