From: geklein@[192.168.100.2] (Georg Klein) Subject: Re: philosophy question 6 Nov 1997 14:43:27 -0800 Message-ID: <19971106200925.9056.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@koeln3.pop.metronet.de> Reply-To: geklein AT metronet DOT de To: raucd AT sk DOT sympatico DOT ca, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 17:06:42 -0600 > From: Darren Rauckman > Reply-to: raucd AT sk DOT sympatico DOT ca > To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Re: philosophy question > > i don't see a conflict. My goal is simple: to take as much control > > as possible of NT away from microsoft and into the free software > > community, so that on those rare cases when I have to use NT, I > > don't use their miserable tools, their expensive software, or > > depend on their unreliable SDKs. "Embrace and extend". gnu-win32 > > is a step toward that end. In the limit, we boot an NT kernel and > > run only gnu tools on top. Now that would be fun. > > That is the best thing I have heard in a long time. DOWN WITH > MICROSOFT!! > Hi, to me, there remains one simple question: why booting an NT-Kernel and work with gnu-tools, when you van have that much better: use, for example, linux, use FreeBSD and you have alle the gnu-tools you want without using a Microsoft OS! Georg - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".