On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 08:58:17PM +0200, Lisi wrote: > > > > >Yes, your question made me wonder if it wouldn't be nice to have a > >cygwin-unix-questions mailing list, but then it occurred to me that then > >we'd have endless and indignant discussions of whether something is cygwin > >or unix-specific. > > That's the point of a cygwin-unix list, questions can be either about > cygwin or unix and still be relevant.
Right! > Also, a newbie list geared to people not yet weaned off Windows would > (hopefully!) not elicit unhelpful responses like "of course you're having > problems, you're still using Winblowz!" Yes, I know *nix is more stable, > reliable, and more powerful, that's why I'm learning! But it's just not > practical for many people to chuck everything they have and start over, > especially when sharing a computer with someone not very inclined to change. And more important, the choise between Windows and *nix disapears thanks to Cygwin. With Cygwin for the first time people can bennefit of the best of both worlds. I have never bee prepared to 'choose' and was always looking for something in between. That's why I regret the constant push of some diehards here towards *Nix. Is just arogance nothing more. At least it shows a complete unawareness of reality. You will never ever change a MS-Word user into a VIM or EMAC user. And why would you? > > One additional advantage to a Cygwin-unix-newbie list is that since, as > Raphael pointed out, "Cygwin is no *nix but a posix implementation to win" > certain questions may not be answered the same way as they might on a Unix > list. Right, whenever you go to a list of one of the packages the first thing you will here is 'it was not designed to run under windows´. And then come the specifics like I had in the cron discussion a short while ago. Would this have been solved on a cron mailinglist. Don't think so. > Anyway, until such a list is created, I'll just stick with Mark's > suggestion of prefacing every subject header with a newbie alert, and > hopefully keep peace on the list!! :) I second that and will start to do the same. Please be aware that I have the resources to start a list myself. I will not do this becouse I think it deserves a better chance through cygwin.com. -- Better dead than mellow.
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