A regrettable oversight

Joe Smith unknown_kev_cat@hotmail.com
Sat Dec 23 21:00:00 GMT 2006


"Christopher Faylor" <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com> wrote in 
message news:20061221183610.GA5925@trixie.casa.cgf.cx...
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 01:28:50PM -0500, Joe Smith wrote:
>>"Ed C. Lueless" <ed.c@lueless.org> wrote in message
>>news:20061215152716.GC6259@trixie.casa.cgf.cx...
>>>On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 09:56:53AM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>>>>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:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"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.
>>>>
>>>>Ed, Ed, Ed...  Are you spoofing CGF's email address again? :-)
>>>
>>>Actually, for once, I AGREE with CFG.  All that you ever hear from cygwin
>>>developers is how hard everything is on Windows, yadda, yada.
>>>
>>>Mayb they should ask Microsoft for HELP instead of constantly TRASHING
>>>them.
>>>I get sort of sick with aoll of the anti-Microsoft FDU in these boards.
>>>
>>>ed.c.
>>
>>Hmm... Once again I must suspect a multiple personality disorder.
>>The message ID's indicate that ed.c. sent his mail from the computer
>>named trixie from CFG's casa on Christmas Island.
>>
>>Which is the same location that  CFG sends his mail from.
>>Since CFG has not reported bumping into this ed.c. ...
>
> Actually, I think I have specifically mentioned my relationship with
> Ed C.

Perhaps, in which case I've missed it. 




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