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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 06:18:21AM +0100, Andy Koppe wrote:
>2009/9/16 Dave Korn:
>>> whatever) prefixes when accessing stuff from the other side of the
>>> fence.
>>
>> ??Never mind the fence, what colour are we going to paint the bikeshed?
>>
>> ??This is purely a matter of taste.
>
>Exactly. I didn't mean to suggest that Cygwin should go into C:\ by
>default. And yes, I'm quite capable of not installing MingW into the
>same place.
>
>My real gripe is with setup telling me off about putting Cygwin in the
>root dir ON EVERY SINGLE UPDATE.

My real gripe is people who COMPLAIN ABOUT FREE SOFTWARE where they
HAVE THE SOURCE CODE.

That and capital letters.

cgf

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