X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:36:58 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [OT] polite response to polite response - Brian... Message-ID: <20080924143658.GC22539@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <9721D18815A74E3790E86A5BC19A461A@collinsdirect.com> <48D74687.80002@oracle.com> <48D83EF8.5040401@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <29E315C686404A6D8696F355E283DD56@collinsdirect.com> <48D8F8AC.F1774B58@dessent.net> <124BDC78EB534CE084916FC3E6C2A96B@collinsdirect.com> <48D93F9A.12855EB9@dessent.net> <5C7A26A2AC4E47E8BC7664ACCBD46360@collinsdirect.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 05:57:53AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: >>I was merely pointing out (subtly and repetitively) that cygwin is an >>application layer on top of Windows. > >WOW! Are you sure? Wait a minute, let me check this out... > >OK, HE'S RIGHT! Christopher and Corinna, can we please bring this guy >on as some kind of paid consultant? I think you might need his help. >I mean, with all of us posting on this list for so many years, and >developing Cygwin and creating packages for it and all, none of us ever >figured this out! And here comes Barry, posting for the first time >ever, and he is showing us a thing or two! I'm withholding comment on this humorous response in this mailing list and moving it to cygwin-talk. I don't mind humor at all here but I suspect that this particular discussion would have a tendency to be protracted and inappropriate if allowed to continue here. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/