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Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:55:51 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Wikipedia info about cygwin
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On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 09:30:20AM -0500, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>Chan Kar Heng wrote:
>>This page should have all the authorative information that should be in
>>that wiki page:
>>
>>http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.about
>>
>>..  and especially this:
>>
>>http://cygwin.com/history.html
>>
>>Both the above word things in much better way & in more proper
>>perspectives, as well as giving proper credit to people involved.
>
>Or, better yet, just point to these Cygwin site pages from the wiki
>pages.  That way, the information is always valid, supported, and
>hopefully useful.  As has been mentioned in the past, the Cygwin
>project can't be responsible for maintaining documents about Cygwin if
>they aren't on the Cygwin site or part of the distribution.  So the
>best place to go for good information on Cygwin is the Cygwin site and
>it's associated docs.

Does someone want to make that an "action item"?

And, anyone interested in moving the Cygwin history beyond the
aggrandizing of Steve Chamberlain and the first few years of
development?

cgf

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