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 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:39:39 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: read(): varblk tape records...(& Fix for : read()) Message-ID: <20040317043939.GA32735@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 02:21:55AM +0000, Jason Winter wrote: >>Fascinating. You tell someone who is trying to help resolve your >>problem that they should "know better" and then send "thanks and >>regards". > >Considering that Cygwin is a Linux wrapper for Windows, I would >expect you, of all people, to realise there are no true Cygwin >programs 'out there' (esp. tape backup ones.) Now it's me "of all people". This is a typical usenet trick. Fail to address the actual issue and redirect the discussion. We weren't talking about me. The point was not what I knew or didn't know. The point was how little sense it makes to insult people by telling them that they should know better. Obviously you were not explaining yourself very well and your poor communication on this issue compounded with the fact that Corinna is not a native English speaker resulted in her asking for clarification. Instead of just providing the clarification you chose to editorialize and potentially alienate. It's certainly your perogative to do so but I wouldn't imagine it to be an effective method for securing any future cooperation even if your current issues with cygwin tape handling are solved. -- Christopher Faylor Cygwin Project Leader Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/