Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" To: "Chuck Boyce" , Subject: RE: cygwin vs. MKS Toolkit Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:27:56 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0013_01BEEAEE.49254D50" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <37BD554A.664FC6A@post.drexel.edu> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BEEAEE.49254D50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Even $75 is too much, whose code was not written initially by MKS. They are bunch of utils from GNU binutils. Available from many places as freeware. -----Original Message----- From: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com]On Behalf Of Chuck Boyce Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:17 AM To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: RE: cygwin vs. MKS Toolkit Thanks Suhaib, That's *exactly* why I'm asking. It's on sale for like $128. btw at www.provantage.com until October (with $75. rebate). Best! Chuck MKS Toolkit is collection of bunch of GNU utilities, which are already part of Cygwin. I am not sure why would you like to pay 200 buck for something GNU utils which are available free from several places on Internet, including source code from GNU itself. I am also not sure how MKS charge for those utilities which were written by GNU, like sh, sed and ls etc etc. Suhaib -- *************************************************************************** Chuck Boyce http://httpsrv.ocs.drexel.edu/grad/sg95m476/ sg95m476 AT post DOT drexel DOT edu (215)432-4386 Fax: 530-240-5177 get a free fax # http://www.fax4free.com/ AOL Instant Messenger ID: sg95m476 http://www.aol.com/aim/home.html Yahoo Messenger ID: sg95m476_1999 http://messenger.yahoo.com ICQ Messenger ID: 41449031 http://www.icq.com/ =========== * _o # * _ \>_ # * (_)/(_) # ~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BEEAEE.49254D50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Even=20 $75 is too much, whose code was not written initially by MKS.  They = are=20 bunch
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From:=20 cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com=20 [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com]On Behalf Of Chuck=20 Boyce
Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 9:17 AM
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Subject: RE: cygwin vs. MKS=20 Toolkit

Thanks Suhaib,=20

That's *exactly* why I'm asking.  It's on sale for like $128. = btw at=20 www.provantage.com until October (with $75. rebate).=20

Best!=20

Chuck
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MKS Toolkit is collection of bunch of =
GNU utilities, which are already
part of Cygwin.  I am not sure why would you like to pay 200 buck =
for
something GNU utils which are available free from several places on
Internet, including source code from GNU itself.  I am also not =
sure how MKS
charge for those utilities which were written by GNU, like sh, sed and =
ls
etc etc.

Suhaib

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