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Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 15:35:47 +0100
From: raphael <raphael AT oninet DOT pt>
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Subject: Re: Moving cygwin discussions to Usenet? (e.g., alt.os.cygwin)
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 08:58:17PM +0200, Lisi wrote:
>=20
> >
> >Yes, your question made me wonder if it wouldn't be nice to have a=20
> >cygwin-unix-questions mailing list, but then it occurred to me that then=
=20
> >we'd have endless and indignant discussions of whether something is cygw=
in=20
> >or unix-specific.
>=20
> That's the point of a cygwin-unix list, questions can be either about=20
> cygwin or unix and still be relevant.

Right!
=20
> Also, a newbie list geared to people not yet weaned off Windows would=20
> (hopefully!) not elicit unhelpful responses like "of course you're having=
=20
> problems, you're still using Winblowz!"  Yes, I know *nix is more stable,=
=20
> reliable, and more powerful, that's why I'm learning! But it's just not=
=20
> practical for many people to chuck everything they have and start over,=
=20
> especially when sharing a computer with someone not very inclined to chan=
ge.

And more important, the choise between Windows and *nix disapears thanks
to Cygwin. With Cygwin for the first time people can bennefit of the best
of both worlds. I have never bee prepared to 'choose' and was always
looking for something in between. That's why I regret the constant push
of some diehards here towards *Nix. Is just arogance nothing more. At
least it shows a complete unawareness of reality. You will never ever
change a MS-Word user into a VIM or EMAC user. And why would you?
>=20
> One additional advantage to a Cygwin-unix-newbie list is that since, as=
=20
> Raphael pointed out, "Cygwin is no *nix but a posix implementation to win=
"=20
> certain questions may not be answered the same way as they might on a Uni=
x=20
> list.

Right, whenever you go to a list of one of the packages the first thing
you will here is 'it was not designed to run under windows=B4. And then
come the specifics like I had in the cron discussion a short while
ago. Would this have been solved on a cron mailinglist. Don't think so.

> Anyway, until such a list is created, I'll just stick with Mark's=20
> suggestion of prefacing every subject header with a newbie alert, and=20
> hopefully keep peace on the list!!  :)

I second that and will start to do the same. Please be aware that I have
the resources to start a list myself. I will not do this becouse I think
it deserves a better chance through cygwin.com.

--=20
Better dead than mellow.

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