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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 07:28:30 -0600
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Any software add-on which aims to "replace Cygwin" will have to
address each and every use case for which Cygwin is currently chosen
by so many users.

Cygwin has made HUGE strides over the years and with every iteration
improves our efficiency as we interact with Windows.  (Thank you,
Cygwin Maintainers !!)

Windows Subsystem For Linux sounds like a great idea though, usability
reports would be read with interest by the majority of users on this
list,as well as what "WSFL" can (and cannot) do vis-a-vis Cygwin.



On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:15 AM, Ray Donnelly <mingw DOT android AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Schwarz, Konrad
> <konrad DOT schwarz AT siemens DOT com> wrote:
>> So I was wondering if the Windows Subsystem For Linux, apparently part of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, obsoletes Cygwin.
>>
>
> That seems a *little* inflammatory to me. Since Windows Subsystem for
> Linux can't inter-operate with Windows very well, no it doesn't.
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