X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:15:16 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter A. Castro" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: scripting and cygwin In-Reply-To: <20070601155144.GA16151@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Message-ID: References: <465F7EE8.5030803@earthlink.net> <20070601155144.GA16151@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 08:42:54AM -0700, Stepp, Charles wrote: >> Why would you bother with the Windoze machine if you have OS X/FreeBSD >> available? >> >> Cygwin provides my X, Expect, bash, etc. on my corporate mandated >> Windoze laptop. Otherwise... > > Yes, that's the $65536 question. If you can use a real UNIX why would you > try an emulation running on top of Windows? And, then complain about the > emulation when it doesn't run as fast as the real thing? Oh! Oh! Pick Me! Pick Me! Umm....it's because of .... uhh... I got nothing... :) No, wait! Maybe it's because he has a development environment that runs on several Unix environments and needs to have that same environment run on Windows in order to build his product without having to re-write tons of scripts and makefiles? Oh, wait, that's just me... ...Did I just hi-jack this thread? Oops! Sorry! > cgf -- Peter A. Castro or "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/