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 Message-ID: <20020820182214.97433.qmail@web21006.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 11:22:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicholas Wourms Subject: RE: newbie's gripe with NT/2K/XP integration To: the_real_genneth , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: <000001c2486a$9b1c6da0$3827baac@GENNETH8691> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- the_real_genneth wrote: > >> [snip] removing support for 9x would make cygwin code > >> smaller and neater (i'm an advocate of _very_ elegant coding), > not to > >> mention faster and more secure (what do you know, i mentioned > them > >> anyway :). > > > >Why don't you do it and report back to the list on the speed > gains? > > I intend to do that as soon as I have time. Exams weigh heavily on > the > mind of small time fiddlers such as me. > > > > >There are security problems with Cygwin that have nothing to do > with > the > >non-NT Windows. > > I understand that. And I also understand that there _are_ security > problems with Cygwin that have something to do with non-NT Windows. Well you can just cut the BS right now! There are many things about Cygwin that need improvement, but dropping Win9X is stupid. Some of us, myself included, have opted to not upgrade to 2000/XP. Frankly, I could care less about security. Also berating a project on your first post is definitely a bad move, because you alienate the people you are trying to communicate with. Besides, the different versions of Windows have identifiers, so any security related code can be easily #ifdef'd or something similar. I'm here, using an Athlon 1.3ghz 320MB ram, trying to run a configure that runs slow as dog sh$t (what I'd expect from a 486/20), but you don't hear me griping. So rather then being part of the problem, try to be part of the solution. If you see security holes, fix 'em and submit a patch. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.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/