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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:34:52 -0400
From: Larry Hall <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
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Some of you may have seen this article from Info World but I thought I'd
highlight a portion that seemed relevant to this list:

   One last note on the subject of Windows: Linux and *BSD users enjoy a
   great set of powerful utilities and commands for free -- but what happens
   when Linux and *BSD users get stuck working on a Windows computer? Why,
   look no further than Cygwin. A port of the Unix POSIX system calls to the
   Win32 environment, Cygwin allows you to run the GNU Compiler Collection
   and many GNU utilities on a Windows machine.

It's easy to get caught up in the bugs and issues that fly around this list
and forget about what impact Cygwin as a distribution has for its user base.
So I thought it would be good to take a moment to focus on that for a
change.  What you're all doing is making a difference out there and people
notice. :-)

If you're interested in looking at the rest of the article, you can find
it here: <http://infoworld.com/print/87776>

-- 
Larry

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