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At 10:36 AM 4/4/2001, Christopher Faylor wrote: >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... Yes, I've always been amazed at how well the first FAQ "What is it?" (http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_1.html#SEC1) covers for the *true* nature of this project. If I read this FAQ entry, I would be lead to believe that Cygwin is a set of GNU tools that help me build Windows programs or port UNIX programs to Windows. Quite a clever deception!;-) Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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