X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:35:43 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [OT] polite response to rather rude reponse... Message-ID: <20080923143543.GA6284@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <48D3B01F DOT 5080200 AT oracle DOT com> <9721D18815A74E3790E86A5BC19A461A AT collinsdirect DOT com> <48D74687 DOT 80002 AT oracle DOT com> <48D83EF8 DOT 5040401 AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> <29E315C686404A6D8696F355E283DD56 AT collinsdirect DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <29E315C686404A6D8696F355E283DD56@collinsdirect.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 09:57:32AM -0400, Barry Smith at SourceLink wrote: >Thank you for the tone. I'm trying to be helpful. Do you know what "FUD" stands for? You seem to think it's profanity. Spreading FUD is exactly what you are doing. >>Stop spreading FUD. There is no way a userland app like "run.exe" can >>"cause" a blue screen. Only something running in kernel space -- like >>windows core ode, or certain device drivers -- can ever do that. > >Then I guess you don't read the cygwin archives, because that's where I >read the entire thread while I was researching RUN/START execution >under cygwin. You can find all manner of things on the "world wide web". That doesn't mean that you should be citing anything you find as definitive. We tend to react strongly to suggestions that Cygwin, which runs in user space, could cause something like a BSOD. Windows is far from a perfect OS but running a simple user program should not crash it. That doesn't mean that there it is impossible for a simple user program to crash it but if Windows crashes, it's a serious Windows bug not a program bug. Oh, and if you are going to make a point like this then you should post a pointer to the thread where this has been discussed. If you do that I'd wager that in 99% of the cases where an issue like this is discussed in a Cygwin mailing list someone has made the same points that Chuck and Brian have made in this thread. cgf -- 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/