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Date:	Sun, 29 Aug 2004 15:51:39 -0700
From:	Mike Swanson <mikeonthecomputer AT gmail DOT com>
Reply-To:	Mike Swanson <mikeonthecomputer AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Making a free Windows NT POSIX subsystem?
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I've read from archived messages that the microsoft POSIX subsystem in
Windows NT is not good enough for Cygwin.

I was curious as to weather it's possible to develop a free POSIX
subsystem for Windows NT and use that instead.  I don't know any of
the technical programming details and difficulties with it...

How possible is this? Would this allow case-sensitivity with NTFS, and
certain other features blocked by the Win32 subsystem?

More importantly, how easy would it to maintain an NT POSIX subsystem
port of Cygwin (assuming that a free one would be made with more
functionality than Microsoft's) and the Win32-based Cygwin (very
important for Windows 9x/Me)?

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