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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:10:20 +0200
From:	Paul Sokolovsky <paul-ml AT is DOT lg DOT ua>
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Reply-To:	Paul Sokolovsky <paul-ml AT is DOT lg DOT ua>
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To:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re[2]: Cygwin participation threshold
References:	<19990224154034 DOT E26668 AT cygnus DOT com>
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Hello Christopher,

Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:

CF> But, of course, maybe none of these observations matter.  We're talking
CF> about perceptions, here.  It's my contention that if the EGCS project
CF> had been named 'cyg-gcc' that it probably wouldn't have as large a base
CF> of contributors.  It's probably the initial 'cyg' which is off putting
CF> to people as well as the technical barrier of having to know both UNIX
CF> and Windows code.

    By the way, if you haven't answered that yet, changing name from
gnu-win32 to cygwin has your motivation or FSF's?

CF> cgf


Best regards,
 Paul                            mailto:paul-ml AT is DOT lg DOT ua


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