On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 03:02:23PM +0000, Stephan Mueller wrote: >Andy Koppe wrote: >" (And to be honest I don't see the point in Cygwin 1.7 still supporting >" NT4. Anyone willing to stick with an OS that's been unsupported for >" five years should be more than happy to stick with Cygwin 1.5.) > >Agreed, it seems a bit inconsistent, and yet I can think of at least two >reasons a user might want an old Windows and a new Cygwin: >- user is aiming for as Unixy an experience as possible with minimal > Windows interaction, hence always wants latest and greatest Cygwin > and hopes never to disturb the Windows OS underneath. >- user is happy to upgrade Cygwin because of the price, but would > rather not upgrade Windows, because of the price.
Yep. I had to go through a full reinstall of my NT4 system and I couldn't believe how quickly it went, how few problems I had, and how snappy the system felt when I was done. So count me as a fan of NT4. I just don't know why the Cygwin developers insist on breaking things there! They must hate end users like me. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
