From: "Carl Zmola" <zmola@campbellsci.com>
To: Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
Cc: DJ Delorie <dj@envy.delorie.com>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990224183738302.AAA218@carl_zmola> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990228230200.a_k8Wi8AnrXH_gA463zOrYsoQluLI22o5SIO4QDKni4@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19990223214848.A23525@cygnus.com>
Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> 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.
> 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.
Carl
zmola@campbellsci.com
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Thread overview: 108+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-16 7:41 Cygwin B20 - fseek under gcc fails to reposition on text files Earnie Boyd
[not found] ` < 19990216154134.3413.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com >
1999-02-16 17:52 ` Christopher Faylor
[not found] ` < 19990216205243.L16511@cygnus.com >
1999-02-16 18:18 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-17 2:01 ` Corinna Vinschen
[not found] ` < 36CA92B5.844635AA@cityweb.de >
1999-02-17 8:07 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-17 13:46 ` J. J. Farrell
1999-02-28 23:02 ` J. J. Farrell
1999-02-17 9:36 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
[not found] ` < 17817.990217@is.lg.ua >
1999-02-17 10:07 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199902171807.NAA16764@envy.delorie.com >
1999-02-17 19:16 ` Larry Hall
[not found] ` < 3.0.5.32.19990217221306.0162b070@pop.ma.ultranet.com >
1999-02-17 19:19 ` DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199902180318.WAA20394@envy.delorie.com >
1999-02-17 20:13 ` Larry Hall
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Larry Hall
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Larry Hall
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-17 13:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
1999-02-19 2:30 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
[not found] ` < 17776.990218@is.lg.ua >
1999-02-19 6:36 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-22 3:26 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
[not found] ` < 13561.990222@is.lg.ua >
1999-02-22 8:55 ` Cygwin participation threshold DJ Delorie
[not found] ` < 199902221654.LAA07362@envy.delorie.com >
1999-02-22 10:33 ` Carl Zmola
[not found] ` < 19990222183222023.AAA254@carl_zmola >
1999-02-22 11:21 ` Fergus Henderson
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Fergus Henderson
1999-02-22 12:32 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-24 0:08 ` Christopher Faylor
[not found] ` < 19990223214848.A23525@cygnus.com >
1999-02-24 5:51 ` Fergus Henderson
[not found] ` < 19990225005148.53402@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU >
1999-02-24 9:18 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-24 19:23 ` Weiqi Gao
[not found] ` < 36D4C298.32C1C355@a.crl.com >
1999-02-25 0:23 ` Fergus Henderson
1999-02-25 6:01 ` Weiqi Gao
1999-02-25 13:48 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Paul Sokolovsky
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Weiqi Gao
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Fergus Henderson
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Weiqi Gao
[not found] ` < 19990224121846.A25762@cygnus.com >
1999-02-25 0:14 ` Fergus Henderson
[not found] ` < 19990225191420.16813@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU >
1999-02-25 1:00 ` Lam Pui Yuen
[not found] ` < Pine.BSI.3.95.990225170005.16688A-100000@topaz.hknet.com >
1999-02-25 1:09 ` Lam Pui Yuen
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Lam Pui Yuen
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Lam Pui Yuen
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Fergus Henderson
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Fergus Henderson
1999-02-24 10:37 ` Carl Zmola [this message]
[not found] ` < 19990224183738302.AAA218@carl_zmola >
1999-02-24 10:44 ` Christopher Faylor
[not found] ` < 19990224134450.B26262@cygnus.com >
1999-02-24 10:48 ` Carl Zmola
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Carl Zmola
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Carl Zmola
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Carl Zmola
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Re[2]: Cygwin B20 - fseek under gcc fails to reposition on text files Paul Sokolovsky
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Corinna Vinschen
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-02-22 9:10 Cygwin participation threshold Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] ` < 008401be5e87$f1dcd510$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com >
1999-02-22 11:38 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-02-22 13:00 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-02-22 20:54 Tom St Denis
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Tom St Denis
1999-02-24 10:55 Steve Morris
[not found] ` < 199902241855.NAA16459@brocade.nexen.com >
1999-02-24 12:40 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-24 13:13 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
[not found] ` < 2965.990224@is.lg.ua >
1999-02-24 13:21 ` Christopher Faylor
[not found] ` < 19990224162212.A27405@cygnus.com >
1999-02-25 22:51 ` Geoffrey Noer
[not found] ` < 19990225225149.A1388@cygnus.com >
1999-02-26 7:26 ` Larry Hall
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Larry Hall
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Geoffrey Noer
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
[not found] ` < 19990224154034.E26668@cygnus.com >
1999-02-24 13:50 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-26 8:27 ` Steve Morris
[not found] ` < 199902261627.LAA18993@brocade.nexen.com >
1999-02-27 7:49 ` Todd Goodman
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Todd Goodman
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Steve Morris
1999-02-26 8:55 ` Steve Morris
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Steve Morris
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-24 12:46 ` Re[2]: " Paul Sokolovsky
[not found] ` < 15947.990224@is.lg.ua >
1999-02-24 13:28 ` Christopher Faylor
[not found] ` < 19990224162911.A27461@cygnus.com >
1999-02-24 14:16 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Steve Morris
1999-02-24 13:43 Ken Thompson
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Ken Thompson
1999-02-25 10:09 Bernard Dautrevaux
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Bernard Dautrevaux
1999-02-25 10:24 Suhaib M. Siddiqi
[not found] ` < 004c01be60ee$09a84c20$29acdfd0@InspirePharm.Com >
1999-02-25 10:36 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Suhaib M. Siddiqi
1999-02-26 0:26 Bernard Dautrevaux
[not found] ` < 8135911A809AD211AF6300A02480D175034922@iis000.microdata.fr >
1999-02-26 8:40 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Bernard Dautrevaux
1999-02-28 16:22 Christopher G. Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Christopher G. Faylor
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