Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/01/24/15:58:05
Linda Walsh wrote:
> Besides not being a cygwin util (as others have mentioned), whenever
> I see someone posting an unsolicited, out-of-any-context
> advertisement (spam) like this, my first thought is that someone is
> trying to induce me to install their new "trojan" (or keylogger,
> bot-sw, etc).
>
> Of course if they post the source (which they never do), it might
> be different...but it is quite odd to post a non-cygwin related
> util, out of the blue, to a cygwin mailing list.
>
> Do people still fall for these traps?
>
> There's a reason why the software is "free"...(and closed source).
> -l
>
And, as others have already stated, because it's not Cygwin-related, it's
off-topic for this list. If anyone else would like to follow-up on this,
please do so on the *cygwin-talk* list. You can join the riveting debate
going on over there, already in progress. ;-)
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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