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On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 12:10:48PM -0500, Parker, Ron wrote: >You may have noticed I haven't posted much lately. I have been overwhelmed >at work and have been unable to keep up with the mailing lists. But I just >wanted to take a minute and complement DJ and all the rest that have made >changes to the setup program since the meager version I first submitted back >in March. I just installed the whole cygwin package on a new machine and >"wow" I am impressed. It's smaller than ever before and it has a nice >uncomplicated UI that keeps you apprised of its progress. You shouldn't knock the version that you provided. I set down a very minimal criteria for that setup program. I just wanted a console version of the program which we could use as a springboard to eventually provide a new GUI version. Your version fit the bill perfectly. >It just drives home to me the power of open source software. You lay down a >little spark of ingenuity and it takes off and grows into this incredible >forest fire of progress. Thanks again. > >And for those that haven't contributed to the Cygwin project let me >encourage you to jump on the band wagon and do what little you may be able >to do. You might be suprised how your own little spark of creative >programming can motivate others to join with you and make this entire effort >greater than the sum of its parts. > >Good work guys and gals. You can't forget Corinna :^) Thank you for your efforts too, Ron. They are appreciated. cgf
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