Phil Betts wrote on Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:34 PM: [snip] > <soapbox> > Any 3PP that forces one to use their (inevitably out of date) version > of cygwin (and thereby killing the official installation) is > IMO broken > and the issue should be taken up with them. At the very least, it > shows they have such little faith in their own software's robustness > that they won't risk it running on an newer version of cygwin. > > Imagine the chaos if ALL software was installed like this. You might > end up with 100 different versions of cygwin on your PC, and ProductA > would never be able to talk to ProductB because they'd need two > different sets of registry settings simultaneously. > > I'm sure their justification is that they are reducing support costs > by ensuring it's running on a known platform. Only if their customer > support is forced to resolve the problems caused by their installation > will they learn that this is a false economy. > </soapbox>
Well, the soapbox is coming true. Or why do you think so much companies start to deliver their app in a VM? Never trust an OS installed by a stranger ... hehehe - Jörg -- 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/
