X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:39:46 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: mintty doesn't run on NT4 due to lack of GetConsoleWindow Message-ID: <20090806153946.GA3375@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20090806044706 DOT GA2009 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <416096c60908060418p70329409q751c2a3735167998 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <450B91BCB17B4346BD55B6FE9215AFFF1D44C0E1 AT DF-M14-04 DOT exchange DOT corp DOT microsoft DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <450B91BCB17B4346BD55B6FE9215AFFF1D44C0E1@DF-M14-04.exchange.corp.microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 03:02:23PM +0000, Stephan Mueller wrote: >Andy Koppe wrote: >" (And to be honest I don't see the point in Cygwin 1.7 still supporting >" NT4. Anyone willing to stick with an OS that's been unsupported for >" five years should be more than happy to stick with Cygwin 1.5.) > >Agreed, it seems a bit inconsistent, and yet I can think of at least two >reasons a user might want an old Windows and a new Cygwin: >- user is aiming for as Unixy an experience as possible with minimal > Windows interaction, hence always wants latest and greatest Cygwin > and hopes never to disturb the Windows OS underneath. >- user is happy to upgrade Cygwin because of the price, but would > rather not upgrade Windows, because of the price. Yep. I had to go through a full reinstall of my NT4 system and I couldn't believe how quickly it went, how few problems I had, and how snappy the system felt when I was done. So count me as a fan of NT4. I just don't know why the Cygwin developers insist on breaking things there! They must hate end users like me. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple