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From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
To: waterlan <waterlan@xs4all.nl>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:20:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <371250572.20160217011203@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ff5e28c6cf943b50a37d98819a47032c@xs4all.nl>

Greetings, waterlan!

> Andrey Repin schreef op 2016-02-16 18:47:
>> Greetings, waterlan!
>> 
>>>>> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
>>>>> POSIX layer here.
>>>> 
>>>> You could say the same of many packages.  If you want to run MinGW or
>>>> MSYS, go right ahead.  If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in
>>>> and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.
>> 
>>> I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX.
>> 
>> I don't see a disadvantage either. So, what was your problem, again?
>> It is not like anyone forcing you to install it, right?

> I don't have a problem with it. I was only wondering if anyone would use 
> it.

I would. I have a few programs (namely BP compiler) I need for my old
projects. Running VM is not always a fastest option.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 01:11:01

Sorry for my terrible english...


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-16 22:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-15 17:18 Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-02-15 19:41 ` Erwin Waterlander
2016-02-15 20:12   ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-02-15 23:46     ` waterlan
2016-02-16  0:03       ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2016-02-16  7:57         ` waterlan
2016-02-16  8:17           ` Csaba Raduly
2016-02-16 17:50           ` Andrey Repin
2016-02-16 19:36             ` waterlan
2016-02-16 21:28               ` Jim Reisert AD1C
2016-02-16 22:20               ` Andrey Repin [this message]

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