From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23774 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2009 17:52:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 23766 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Feb 2009 17:52:08 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-71-126-240-83.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (71.126.240.83) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:52:03 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE0113C028 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:51:53 -0500 (EST) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id D33542B35E; Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:51:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:52:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: irritating forum Message-ID: <20090214175152.GC28779@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <20090214042751.GA28495@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <49965C15.5050109@gmail.com> <20090214062223.GA28779@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20090214100537.GY5416@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090214100537.GY5416@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List X-SW-Source: 2009-q1/txt/msg00027.txt.bz2 On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:05:37AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Feb 14 01:22, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 05:52:21AM +0000, Dave Korn wrote: >> >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >> http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=291923 >> > >> >I went and opened a polite dialogue with them. Somebody do remind me >> >to check back in a day or so, or I might forget. >> > >> >[ I might have launched a full-out nuclear flame war instead, but >> >they've blocked bugmenot, so I decided to play nice :) ] >> >> Thanks for responding. I started to respond myself but lost interest >> when I saw that I had to register. >> >> The things that google alerts finds about cygwin are really rather >> discouraging. So much disinformation. > >If you're looking too closely you will find all sorts of discouraging >disinformation in the net, about Linux, about Windows, about file >sharing, about, FWIW, boot polish. Even about hippos sometimes. No, Cygwin really is in a special class. The misinformation about Cygwin can contain misinformation about Windows, Linux, and Cygwin itself. I believe that the ratio of good information to bad information for Cygwin is rather low compared to many other systems. cgf