Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 12:51:46 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" Subject: Re: Is cygwin Linux. Message-ID: <20020527125146.M12995@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" References: <339CBB7F9C10D411BB6B00508BCF8D72014F9DDB@vsegn337.it.volvo.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <339CBB7F9C10D411BB6B00508BCF8D72014F9DDB@vsegn337.it.volvo.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 12:22:29PM +0200, Johansson Mikael (mj) wrote: > Hello all! > > I have two questions. > > 1. Is cygwin compatible for Sun OS, Solaris. No. It tries to be POSIX compatible in the first place. > 2. What is the relation between Linux and Cygwin. There is none except that both are trying to be POSIX compatible. > The reason I ask is that I wonder if a program placed on a > computer with Sun OS can execute in cygwin. Counter question: Can I run Sony Playstation executables on SunOS? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/