On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 12:34:07PM +0100, Phil Betts wrote: > ><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Any 3PP that forces one to use their (inevitably out of date) version 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> > > Nicely put. Can I get a gold star over here?
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