Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: 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 Reply-To: From: "Martin Henne" To: Subject: RE: stupid question?? Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:12:27 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal I'm using linux and windows on my PC to prepare C/C++ - lessons for students at our university. Due to financial reasons (and a lot more other reasons of course) we use Linux at the university, but many students use any Windows-Version at home and therefore I have to take care, that they can do their homework or what ever they have to do for the lesson at home. Cygwin is the perfect solution for programming in ANSI C/C++ under both operating systems. btw: It's true that a email-Software like Outlook is hard to find. I can't imagine why, but its true. Even Mozilla, which allows multiple eMail-accounts can't reach Outlook. There is still work to be done for the GNU-Community. I'm always looking for a good alternative - but that's off topic here. Martin mailto:email AT martinhenne DOT de -----quoted message----- Von: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com]Im Auftrag von Cygnus - Admin Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Februar 2000 16:13 An: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Betreff: stupid question?? Ok, I have to take issue with something here. For a few weeks now I've been skimming the posts about all these ports to cygwin with NT/95/98/whatever..inetd, etc, etc.. And my question is, WHY? If you want all these unix programs, why not just use unix? It's like that scene from "notting hill" (for those who have seen it) where he offers the girl apricots soaked in honey, but one wonders why you would soak apricots in honey, because then they would taste like honey, and if you wanted honey, you'd just buy honey! ok, i'm done ranting :) -Cygnus .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer cygnus AT ncohafmuta DOT com Intergrafix Internet Services "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today" http://cygnus.ncohafmuta.com http://www.intergrafix.net .-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com