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 Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [152.78.128.52] Reply-To: genneth AT genneth DOT port5 DOT com From: "Gen Zhang" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: newbie's gripe with NT/2K/XP integration Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:59:58 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Aug 2002 14:59:58.0842 (UTC) FILETIME=[163865A0:01C24791] hi everyone. ***warning : bad phrasing of words below. please read with sympathy*** i'm sure that this subject has been broched on this list before, but i can't for the life of me find anything in the archives. my question is why does cygwin support the technologically challenged platforms 9x/ME and ruining what could be much better support for the NT series. for example, the interface with security under 9x is actually non-existent anyway and removing support for 9x would make cygwin code smaller and neater (i'm an advocate of _very_ elegant coding), not to mention faster and more secure (what do you know, i mentioned them anyway :). in any case, now that microsoft has combined 9x an NT into XP, isn't it time that cygwin follows suit? genneth - "a small, insignificant guy somewhere, plotting world domination with a squirrel" _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- 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/