The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.os.cygwin as well.
> * Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-20 12:13:36 -0500]: > >>> > I wonder how close to an approximation of reality a simple >>> > poll/form on the cygwin.com front page would generate? >>> >>> I wonder if running a script across the list archive to extract >>> all the cycheck output and counting the different systems that way >>> would produce a result with any meaning to it at all? >> >>Perhaps only which systems have more problems (or which systems have more >>consciencious users that actually read <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>). > > I guess I'll keep making the observation that any poll would be > worthless as long as people seem to be ignoring that fact and still > coming up with alternate ways of polling. download count for setup.exe should be a reliable statistics. > We are not dropping support for older Windows systems. how about the following maintenance nightmare: detect SFU at configure time and use them as detected, then distribute two versions: traditional win32 for older systems and SFU-based for NT-derivatives. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.honestreporting.com> If abortion is murder, then oral sex is cannibalism. -- 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/
