[snip] > > Also, given that > > > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/nail/nail/README?rev=HEAD&view=m > > arkup > > states: > > > > "On the other hand, I strongly discourage from porting nail > to Windows > > and environments that make Windows look Unix-like; I won't > accept any > > patches or suggestions that go in this direction. There are > two major > > reasons for this: First, any port makes maintaining harder; > there are > > always more work-arounds in the source, and introducing new > features > > involves the question whether they will work an all > supported platforms. > > The more different a platform behaves from, let's say, the > common Unix > > way, the more hacks have to be made, costing human time that could > > otherwise have been used to enhance the software for Unix platforms. > > Windows is just not worth this, and here we are at the second point: > > Porting software to Windows encourages people to use -- that is: to > > buy > > -- Windows. It supports a company that is known to threaten Open > > Source software like nail. In short, porting nail (or similar free > > software) to Windows has an ill effect on that software. > Don't do it." > > My general response to arguments like that is: fuck 'em. > I'll port it just to be a thorn in the guys side. > > Harold
LOL! -- Gary R. Van Sickle