Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 22:52:52 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Quick question, please help! Message-ID: <20020210035252.GA4543@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <001a01c1b1e2$3eedc660$bcb5f4d8 AT southamerica DOT corp DOT microsoft DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001a01c1b1e2$3eedc660$bcb5f4d8@southamerica.corp.microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 10:23:01PM -0500, Simara wrote: >Christopher, > >I've read your posts about Interix, and I know you are not happy about it, >but here comes the ugly question again: > >How could I compile or use Xfree with Interix, I sure would use cygwin but >my boss really digs Interix because it is not emulated, and our tests with >most ported apps is really faster than using interix (way fast), please >help! or they will start coding the apps in visual basic!!!! and our current >linux boxes will have to be migrated to windows... > >Thanks and sorry for the ugly question. I don't know what the question is. Interix *is* faster than cygwin. Interix has some limitations, though. If you read past discussions you probably know what they are. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/