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Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 10:36:17 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: If it is true, Please Help me.
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In-Reply-To: <012601c0bd63$a3d60ca0$304ea9cb@S7676530>; from eventualdeath@yahoo.com on Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 03:17:32PM -0700

On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 03:17:32PM -0700, eventualdeath wrote:
>technicaly I still do not know what is cygwin for, but my guess is that it
>is used so that programs running on unix or linux can run in windows if
>cygwin is installed.
>
>Is my guess right?

Partly.  Cygwin is really just a cover for a supersecret government
project.  I could go into more detail but then... you know...

cgf

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