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Max Bowsher wrote: > Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >> OK - I'll write up a web page detailing how to use various aspects of >> setup, IF you will make the chooser resizable for me. > > That sentence is incredibly antagonistic. Sorry you feel that way but I said it because I mean it. Obviously you don't believe me. What do you need to convince you? >>>> *) Contract someone else to implement the feature for them. "I'll >>>> put $20 into a pool for the programmer that completes the feature". >>> >> I don't have a spare $20 to put into a pool but I'll put in my vote. >> Is that good enough? :-) > > No. As evidenced by the *many* people who have brought this issue up > time and again. You obviously don't read smileys either... >> Isn't one of the tenents of Open Source that the developer typically >> prides themselves on their code and therefore is quicker to fix bugs >> and address problems in their products? > > Pride does not produce extra hours in the day. Thanks for the comfirmation of one of the problems with Open Source. >> You see to me this is one of the falacys of the Open Source movement >> - that the producers will care enough and have enough time to address >> such problems. As we can see this is not always the case. From the >> view point of the consumer Open Source is often not workable. > > You are welcome to stop using Cygwin, if you so wish. Thanks for the invitation but I believe I will do as I please instead. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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