X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: multiple cygwin installs (gold star) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:33:38 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <84952F09F3FC0C418393E60D116EB9CC1815FC@Traf-Mail.int.ascribe.com> From: "Phil Betts" To: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id l2TDYESU026353 Igor Peshansky wrote on Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:27 PM:: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 12:34:07PM +0100, Phil Betts wrote: >>> >>> Any 3PP that forces one to use their (inevitably out of date) >>> version of cygwin (and thereby killing the official installation) >>> is IMO broken and the issue should be taken up with them. At the >>> very least, it shows they have such little faith in their own >>> software's robustness that they won't risk it running on an newer >>> version of cygwin. >>> >>> Imagine the chaos if ALL software was installed like this. You >>> might end up with 100 different versions of cygwin on your PC, and >>> ProductA would never be able to talk to ProductB because they'd >>> need two different sets of registry settings simultaneously. >>> >>> I'm sure their justification is that they are reducing support costs >>> by ensuring it's running on a known platform. Only if their >>> customer support is forced to resolve the problems caused by their >>> installation will they learn that this is a false economy. >>> >> >> Nicely put. Can I get a gold star over here? > > > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu | igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > Freedom is just another word for "nothing left to lose"... -- Janis > Joplin Wow! Thanks chaps, proudest moment of my life! Might have to join Dave if he's still *sipping* in the talk list. -- 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/