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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 09:21:38AM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> >On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >>On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 08:36:28AM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> >>>On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Dave Korn wrote:
> >>>>On 15 December 2006 09:13, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>>>On Dec 14 22:16, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>blush< Don't get all mushy, now, it's embarrasin'.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Hehehe, WJM, you know...
> >>>>
> >>>>That's good to know.  For a moment there I thought we were all going to
> >>>>have to start saying WJN!
> >>>
> >>>"We're Just Nasty"(tm).
> >>
> >>Hey, I like it! That can be our new slogan for 2007.
> >
> >Yep, just in time for the Vista release...  We'll need it, too.
>
> Well, so far, it looks like Vista will imply a "CJN" since Corinna seems
> insistent on punishing people who use Vista by making Cygwin hard to use
> there despite Microsoft's laudable efforts in making sure that we are
> all snug and secure.
>
> It seems to me that if Cygwin doesn't want to wither up and blow away,
> someone should be working hard on getting it to work correctly on Vista!
> I am not a Vista programmer but I really don't understand what all of
> the fuss is about.  Microsoft has released many versions of Windows
> since Windows 1.0 and they are constantly working on improving their OS.
> If Cygwin can't adapt to Microsoft innovation then maybe we should all
> either be moving to Linux or MinGW.
>
> I hope this will be accepted in the spirit in which it was intended.

When is that new release of "fortune" coming out?
	Igor
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