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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: quoting windows pathnames
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 23:14:13 -0500
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> The following warning is enough to discourage me:
>
> WARNING: Microsoft strongly recommends against renaming any system
> folder. Catastrophic system failure or an unstable computer could
> result if you rename system folders.

What if you never changed the names and still have catastrophic system failure
and an unstable computer?  Oh, right: A typical day in the land of Microsoft.
;-)

I KID! I KID! ;-)  I have to say that XP is about as rock solid as they come.
IIRC, 3 bluescreens since I've been using it, all due to my own driver
development[1] or 3rd party beta drivers.

> If you are brave enough to try it,

BAAAAAAAAAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sentence fragment should begin EVERY MS document!

--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer.  Patriot.
[1] CARRY A CYANIDE CAPSULE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES IN CASE CIRCUMSTANCES RESULT
IN YOU UNDERTAKING A WINDOWS DRIVER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.


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