Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <31AA903A2A1FD111A06300805F4B6D64025ADECC@ssi2.interix.com> From: Jason Zions To: "'Suhaib M. Siddiqi'" , Weiqi Gao Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: RE: MKS Tool kit copies request Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:02:21 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Content-Type: text/plain > No, MKS Toolkit will not be available free with NT 5.0 (Win > 2000). It will > be called UNIX option pack (Note the word Option pack), that > means you have > to pay extra for it if you want it. More specifically, the Windows NT Services For Unix Option Pack (SFU) will contain a small subset of the commands in the MKS toolkit; about 25 commands, if memory serves. The MKS ksh.exe is one of them. As for Dave Korn claiming that only U/WIN has a "real" KornShell, this should be unsurprising. It's his baby, so of course he will claim that he is the only arbiter of what a "real" KornShell is. The fact that a program might be developed that works exactly the same as his "real" shell of 1993, or 1988, doesn't change the fact that he didn't write it, hence it's not "real". The only KornShell that's "real" is the latest and greatest build of the ksh that lives on the disk drive of Korn's PC; so one might conclude from listening to Dave for a while on this subject. It would kinda be like Bill Joy claiming there's only one vi, and it's the one he sells. An ego-gratifying position, but hardly accurate. Jason Zions -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com