Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/12/17/20:04:12
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:02:59PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Larry Hall wrote:
>
> > At 10:56 AM 12/17/2003, Ken Thompson wrote:
> >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> > >> Of Christopher Faylor
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:49 AM
> > >> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > >> Subject: Re: snapshot cygwin1-20031212.dll.bz2
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 08:28:53AM +0000, Marcus Van Der Beek wrote:
> > >> >>But, then it's been theorized that I am rather incompetent about testing
> > >> >>these things,
> > >> >
> > >> >>preferring to test in a magical "It always works" type of
> > >> >>environment that is loaded with super special software. That's why
> > >> >>I need something like the stack dump from normal folks who don't have
> > >> >>access to all of my whiz bang cygwin spy gadgets and such.
> > >> >
> > >> >its good to see you acknowledge and agree with what others have
> > >> been saying
> > >> >even though its got a sarcastic tone about it.
> > >>
> > >> Do you wear ear muffs to muffle the sound of things whooshing by over your
> > >> head? It must be quite distracting otherwise.
> > >>
> > >> cgf
> > >>
> > >CGF provides a tremendous service to the open source community whatever some
> > >list members think of his attitude. Some of you people who are trashing him
> > >at the same time you are expecting him to reproduce and fix bugs, which
> > >often seem to affect only a very few installations, really should read Dale
> > >Carnegies book How To Win Friends And Influence People. You would really get
> > >a lot more accomplished that way.
> >
> > Wow! I can't believe you fell for this CGF deception. There's clearly a
> > Cygwin conspiracy going on here and CGF is at the heart of it. My take is
> > that Red Hat is planning a new, beefed up version of Cygwin that will only
> > be available as a commercial offering. It will be big $$$ and compete
> > head-to-head with the likes of MS Windows and even Linux! But Red Hat
> > won't be releasing this to the Cygwin community for free. So we'll
> > all be stuck with only what we can download. :-( CGF clearly has access
> > to this pending mega, commercial version and is certainly using that for all
> > his tests, leaving us all at a disadvantage. I'm sure he's laughing
> > sadistically at us even now. But he's not fooling me! And he won't get
> > away with it! Mark my words. CGF is going down. And Cygwin will be all
> > the better for it. Just you wait and see...
>
> /* CGF: going down.
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>
> You better watch out, you better back up,
> Because all support for Cygwin will stop:
> CGF is go-oing down...
> He's one of the thugs who manage Cygwin,
> He adds all the bugs because he is mean:
> CGF is go-oing down...
> He knows the ins of signals, he knows both spawn() and fork()
> He has his own environment that makes all programs work...
>
> His manner is rude, he lurks on the lists,
> He'll make you spit food and clench both your fists:
> CGF is go-oing down...
> He has the gall not to spend all his time
> On fixing our bugs and this is a crime:
> CGF is go-oing down...
> Cygwin will just be better with no CGF,
> Until the day you find a bug and run screaming WTF?!!!!
>
> You better watch out, you better back up,
> Because all support for Cygwin will stop:
> CGF is go-oing do-o-o-o-o-o-o-own!
OK, I've been keeping an informal list of some of my mailing list favorites,
after this I've put them on a webpage:
<http://iocc.com/~joshua/cygwin.html>
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