From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9078 invoked by alias); 10 Feb 2002 03:52:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 9005 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2002 03:52:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com) (12.107.208.154) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 10 Feb 2002 03:52:56 -0000 Received: from cgf.cipe.redhat.com (dhcpd111.meridian.redhat.com [172.16.47.111]) by lacrosse.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g1A3qtI12899 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 22:52:55 -0500 Received: (from cgf@localhost) by cgf.cipe.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g1A3qq704650 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 22:52:52 -0500 Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 19:52:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Quick question, please help! Message-ID: <20020210035252.GA4543@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <001a01c1b1e2$3eedc660$bcb5f4d8@southamerica.corp.microsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001a01c1b1e2$3eedc660$bcb5f4d8@southamerica.corp.microsoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i X-SW-Source: 2002-02/txt/msg00491.txt.bz2 On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 10:23:01PM -0500, Simara wrote: >Christopher, > >I've read your posts about Interix, and I know you are not happy about it, >but here comes the ugly question again: > >How could I compile or use Xfree with Interix, I sure would use cygwin but >my boss really digs Interix because it is not emulated, and our tests with >most ported apps is really faster than using interix (way fast), please >help! or they will start coding the apps in visual basic!!!! and our current >linux boxes will have to be migrated to windows... > >Thanks and sorry for the ugly question. I don't know what the question is. Interix *is* faster than cygwin. Interix has some limitations, though. If you read past discussions you probably know what they are. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/