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: qztf7k AT powertrain DOT mpg DOT gm DOT com Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on Linux X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:19:04 -0400 (EDT) Organization: GM Powertrain To: Suhaib Siddiqi Subject: RE: cygwin vs. MKS Toolkit Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com, Chuck Boyce On 20-Aug-99 Suhaib Siddiqi wrote: > 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. GNU Software es "Free Software" not "freeware". And when we say "Free", we mean "Free Speech, not Free beer". > > > -----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 # > * _ \>_ # > * (_)/(_) # > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > *************************************************************************** > > --- Hugo Gayosso | Free Software implies Controls Process Support | Electronics Integration and Software | "Free speech" GM Powertrain | Brighton, MI | NOT USA | | "Free beer" !!! E-Mail: qztf7k AT powertrain DOT mpg DOT gm DOT com | Phone: (810) 220-2635 | http://www.fsf.org Fax: (810) 220-2663 | -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com