From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Christopher G. Faylor" To: cgf@cygnus.com, smorris@nexen.com Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 16:22:00 -0000 Message-id: <199903010022.QAA07416@rtl.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-02/msg00947.html >From: Steve Morris >Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:55:50 -0500 (EST) > >In all this discussion something important is being lost. Cris >bemoaned the lack of development support for cygwin and asked for >reasons. I and others tried to explain where we think the issues >are. Inevitably this comes out sounding negative, but at least on my >part, this is not intended. Maybe we took Cris' questions too >literally. Flogging Cygnus was not the intent. We were trying to offer >legitimate feedback to a legitimate question. > >Let me reiterate that Cygnus is clearly one of the Good Guys. The best >guys are the Cygnus employees (like Cris) who volunteer their own time >to this project. > >Many of us are rooting for Cygnus and are hoping more companies figure >out how to make money on free software; because they then tend to give >back. As an example gcc and gdb have been in much better shape all >these years since Cygnus became the official release site. Thanks very much for this positive note. I was hoping that my original message would generate a lot of discussion because I thought that it would give DJ and myself an opportunity to explain something about Cygnus/Cygwin as well as providing a venue for everyone else to provide their outlook. It may not be obvious but I do appreciate any and all feedback on this issue. It certainly helps educate me on people's perception of my company and my product. I do want to understand what people think about this. That doesn't mean that I won't argue with perceptions that I think are wrong but I certainly respect everyone's right to an opinion. Again, thanks to you and to the handful of other people who sent me private supportive email. I appreciate it. 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 G. Faylor" To: cgf@cygnus.com, smorris@nexen.com Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin participation threshold Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000 Message-ID: <199903010022.QAA07416@rtl.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-02n/msg00949.html Message-ID: <19990228230200.DfQm1QVo0_JsmZ5X2lDi1MljmgqnBIgxjjaaQwwKsys@z> >From: Steve Morris >Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:55:50 -0500 (EST) > >In all this discussion something important is being lost. Cris >bemoaned the lack of development support for cygwin and asked for >reasons. I and others tried to explain where we think the issues >are. Inevitably this comes out sounding negative, but at least on my >part, this is not intended. Maybe we took Cris' questions too >literally. Flogging Cygnus was not the intent. We were trying to offer >legitimate feedback to a legitimate question. > >Let me reiterate that Cygnus is clearly one of the Good Guys. The best >guys are the Cygnus employees (like Cris) who volunteer their own time >to this project. > >Many of us are rooting for Cygnus and are hoping more companies figure >out how to make money on free software; because they then tend to give >back. As an example gcc and gdb have been in much better shape all >these years since Cygnus became the official release site. Thanks very much for this positive note. I was hoping that my original message would generate a lot of discussion because I thought that it would give DJ and myself an opportunity to explain something about Cygnus/Cygwin as well as providing a venue for everyone else to provide their outlook. It may not be obvious but I do appreciate any and all feedback on this issue. It certainly helps educate me on people's perception of my company and my product. I do want to understand what people think about this. That doesn't mean that I won't argue with perceptions that I think are wrong but I certainly respect everyone's right to an opinion. Again, thanks to you and to the handful of other people who sent me private supportive email. I appreciate it. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com