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From: Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>
To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: SFU rides again!
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2016 07:09:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20160406T090314-326@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B3CDED8-3C2C-484A-BFB1-671916EC8B24@etr-usa.com>

Warren Young writes:
> No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke; this was announced a few days ago:
> 
>   https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016/C906
> 
> Basically, it seems they’ve replaced the old, deprecated, Interix-
originated SFU with an
> Ubuntu-based replacement with all of the same limitations and advantages 
of SFU, except that it’s now
> Ubuntu-based instead of a bare-bones POSIX userland:
[...]

Paraphrasing DG's legendary but never-run ad vs IBM minicomputers...

"They Say Microsoft's Entry Into Linux-On-Windows Will Legitimize The 
Market. The Bastards Say, Welcome"

..mark

      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-04-06  7:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-01 23:13 Warren Young
2016-04-02 23:15 ` Herbert Stocker
2016-04-06  7:09 ` Mark Geisert [this message]

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