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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:03:34 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: co-linux
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 02:50:42PM +0200, Pinhas Krengel wrote:
>I have just read about beta release of co-linux (linux on windows). Is this
>product going to kill cygwin.

No.

>What will be the benefits of using cygwin in that case.

Having a nicely integrated UNIX environment.  Colinux just allows you to run
a separate linux subsystem under windows.  There isn't any real communication
between windows and linux other than via networking.
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