From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ken Thompson To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: <4.1.19990224162644.00a95790@sen-mail.gtri.gatech.edu> X-SW-Source: 1999-02n/msg00803.html Message-ID: <19990228230200.oekNK99dRHyr5-zRRW5AC3raX_hJPGBUV9knleSIyjI@z> I wonder if part of the reason that there is a lot more participation on Linux as opposed to cygwin is that maybe most people who use cygwin do so because there job requires use of a windows platform but need the tool set provided by Linux/Unix.  At home on their own time, they are much more likely to muck around with Linux than windows/cygwin.  Just a thought.                                     Ken Ken Thompson                             GTRI/ELSYS/SEN (404) 894-7089 (VOICE)               (404) 596-5995 (PAGER) (404) 894-7080 (FAX)                   ken.thompson@gtri.gatech.edu The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations.                      - Eric Hoffer -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com