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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:47:47 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: WTF?!
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:29:20AM +1000, Robert Praetorius wrote:
>perhaps if the main cygwin mailing list were renamed to cygwin-
>asbestos-longjohns ( http://www.cnam.fr/Jargon/jargon.html?64 ) 
>it would set expectations in a way that would cut down the level 
>of shock and surprise (I'm not shocked, but I'm pretty much in 
>agreement with http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-
>questions.html ).
>
>Naahhh.  Nothing would be sufficient.  This is life on the net.  
>The unacculturated proportion of the stream never goes down 
>because of the continual influx.

Wow.  That's a discouraging (if true) observation.

I think the usual observation at this point is "If you really think
that those are flames you don't know what flames are".

I think it may be time for a "death of cygwin unless changes are made"
prediction, too.  Or did we already have that?

cgf

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