On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 12:53:08AM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:

 > Cygwin is merely a crutch, as is the very platforms it runs on too.
 > Nobody _needs_ it -- though of course I won't stop anyone from choosing
 > it if that's what the really think they want.....

It's not a crutch.  It's a (very powerful) tool that allows people who
are stuck with Windows for whatever reason to use Unix-based tools of
all kinds.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>