Antony,
If it is an option you might want to consider the Hortonworks distribution.
They have a specific build they are working on targeting Windows as part
of their partnership with Microsoft (no cygwin dependency). That said last
I look it had numerous basic issues, but I think it will be easi
Darius,
Have you considered trying to use the Hortonworks windows distribution? I
don't know if it will help you, but if you need to work on windows it
removes the cygwin requirement and might be a better experience.
Kevin
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Darius Miliauskas <
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