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From:	"the_real_genneth" <the_real_genneth AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: newbie's gripe with NT/2K/XP integration
Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:57:01 +0100
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>> [snip] removing support for 9x would make cygwin code
>> smaller and neater (i'm an advocate of _very_ elegant coding), not to
>> mention faster and more secure (what do you know, i mentioned them
>> anyway :).
>
>Why don't you do it and report back to the list on the speed gains?

I intend to do that as soon as I have time. Exams weigh heavily on the
mind of small time fiddlers such as me.

>
>There are security problems with Cygwin that have nothing to do with
the
>non-NT Windows.

I understand that. And I also understand that there _are_ security
problems with Cygwin that have something to do with non-NT Windows.

Genneth


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