Igor Peshansky wrote on Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:27 PM:: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 12:34:07PM +0100, Phil Betts wrote: >>> <soapbox> >>> Any 3PP that forces one to use their (inevitably out of date) >>> version of cygwin (and thereby killing the official installation) >>> is IMO broken and the issue should be taken up with them. At the >>> very least, it shows they have such little faith in their own >>> software's robustness that they won't risk it running on an newer >>> version of cygwin. >>> >>> Imagine the chaos if ALL software was installed like this. You >>> might end up with 100 different versions of cygwin on your PC, and >>> ProductA would never be able to talk to ProductB because they'd >>> need two different sets of registry settings simultaneously. >>> >>> I'm sure their justification is that they are reducing support costs >>> by ensuring it's running on a known platform. Only if their >>> customer support is forced to resolve the problems caused by their >>> installation will they learn that this is a false economy. >>> </soapbox> >> >> Nicely put. Can I get a gold star over here? > > <http://cygwin.com/goldstars/#PB> > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > Freedom is just another word for "nothing left to lose"... -- Janis > Joplin
Wow! Thanks chaps, proudest moment of my life! Might have to join Dave if he's still *sipping* in the talk list. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/