> From: Jonathon Merz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: Re: Press for Cygwin
> <soapbox>
> Just some comments:  I do fully support the use of bzip2 over 
> gzip because it compresses better, but I think using it purely
> to thwart WinZip users would be a bad reason to do so.  ...
 You misunderstand.  Bias against the WIMP interface has nothing to do with
this.
> Likewise, while we all appreciate the efficiency of 
> command-line tools, trying to thwart users of WinZip is kind 
> of elitist, and for those who have gotten to be called "System 
> Administrators" without learning much in the way of command
> line tools, our efforts would be better 
> spent teaching them to patch their IIS servers before we try 
> to teach them to use the command line :)
> </soapbox>
 Nobody (but you) said anything about a command line.
 The supported installation method is with setup.exe.
 The (A) proper way to run it is to double-click on it.

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