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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 00:36:49 +0200
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From: Michael Schaap <cygwin AT mscha DOT org>
Subject: Re: Getting Cygwin into a corporation..
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At 20:01 24-4-2002, Michael F. March wrote:
>In the company I work for they have outlawed all Unix
>variants (Linux, Solaris, OSX) from certain networks. I
>asked why Cygwin could not be installed and here is
>some of the response I got back:
>
> > Cygwin, in itself, is typically a harmless application.
> > However, once installed, it does allow a user to invalidate
> > the NT Security architecture; a user can then install cygwin
> > ports without the NT administrators consent (including, of
> > course, the cygwin DHCP port).

You mean, they outlaw UNIX style operating systems and only allow Windows 
for *security* reasons?!?

I'm not sure if that's hilarious or sad.  Probably both...

  - Michael

-- 
     I always wondered about the meaning of life.   So I looked it
     up in the dictionary under "L" and there it was - the meaning
     of life.  It was not what I expected.                  - Dogbert 


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