From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Faylor To: Carl Zmola Cc: DJ Delorie , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:44:00 -0000 Message-id: <19990224134450.B26262@cygnus.com> In-reply-to: < 19990224183738302.AAA218@carl_zmola >; from Carl Zmola on Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 11:35:42AM +0000 References: <19990222183222023.AAA254@carl_zmola> <19990223214848.A23525@cygnus.com> <19990224183738302.AAA218@carl_zmola> <19990224183738302.AAA218@carl_zmola> X-SW-Source: 1999-02/msg00783.html On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 11:35:42AM +0000, Carl Zmola wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:30:59AM +0000, Carl Zmola wrote: >> > >> >In the past the main reason I didn't even investigate contributing is : >> >Because of the feeling that contributions are unwanted, and that someone >> >else is making money of of my work. >> > >> >After a little investigation, I found that these wern't valid concerns, but >> >they are a first line of resistance. >> >> It is interesting that you felt this way at first. I wonder if the reason >> has anything to do with the name "Cygwin" which sounds so similar to "Cygnus". > >Quite possibly. Also in the past, if you went to the cygnus web site, you couldn't >get to the 'free' cygwin tools. That left a bad taste in my mouth. When was this? There has been a button on the main site for some time. I can't say for sure, but I believe that if you were having problems accessing the cygwin page it must have been an oversight by our webmaster. >> The reason I am saying this is because hundreds of people have contributed to >> the linux project and *many* companies make money from linux. > >That is quite true. The name could be part of the problem, but I do know >who cygnus is because of the name. Yup. It's likely many people Cygwin == Cygnus. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Faylor To: Carl Zmola Cc: DJ Delorie , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: <19990224134450.B26262@cygnus.com> References: <19990222183222023.AAA254@carl_zmola> <19990223214848.A23525@cygnus.com> <19990224183738302.AAA218@carl_zmola> X-SW-Source: 1999-02n/msg00782.html Message-ID: <19990228230200.x3fTCJ6OM8ji7BFYGbPekWJa65rr2RUgNY1dBEIj3Vk@z> On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 11:35:42AM +0000, Carl Zmola wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:30:59AM +0000, Carl Zmola wrote: >> > >> >In the past the main reason I didn't even investigate contributing is : >> >Because of the feeling that contributions are unwanted, and that someone >> >else is making money of of my work. >> > >> >After a little investigation, I found that these wern't valid concerns, but >> >they are a first line of resistance. >> >> It is interesting that you felt this way at first. I wonder if the reason >> has anything to do with the name "Cygwin" which sounds so similar to "Cygnus". > >Quite possibly. Also in the past, if you went to the cygnus web site, you couldn't >get to the 'free' cygwin tools. That left a bad taste in my mouth. When was this? There has been a button on the main site for some time. I can't say for sure, but I believe that if you were having problems accessing the cygwin page it must have been an oversight by our webmaster. >> The reason I am saying this is because hundreds of people have contributed to >> the linux project and *many* companies make money from linux. > >That is quite true. The name could be part of the problem, but I do know >who cygnus is because of the name. Yup. It's likely many people Cygwin == Cygnus. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com