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RE: Spice on cygwin?
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'dnl. actually maybe I should just make it dne and be done with it....'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:01:14 +0100
- Subject: RE: Spice on cygwin?
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
----Original Message----
>From: Christopher Faylor
>Sent: 19 April 2005 16:55
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:40:59AM -0400, Robb, Sam wrote:
>>> " BECAUSE AUTOTOOLS IS A SCREAMING INSANE MESS OF NIGHTMARE GIBBERISH
>>> SPAGHETTI NONSENSE THAT WILL SUCK EVERY LAST DROP OF SANITY OUT OF
>>> YOUR BRAIN WITH A STRAW AND LEAVE YOU REELING, DROOLING AND GIBBERING
>>> IN A CORNER DRESSED IN RAGS AND ROLLING IN YOUR OWN FAECES. "
>>
>> Wow.
>>
>> What's truly and honestly amazing is this is one of the more
>> *restrained* comments I've ever seen made about autotools.
>>
>> BTW, is there any truth to the rumors that the autotools maintainers
>> are, in fact, also the primary authors of the US tax code? You have to
>> admit, that would answer a *lot* of questions about both, um,
>> "projects"...
>
> Hmm. I think I see an opening for a major new product.
>
> I envision something called "TurboConf" that costs about $79.95 and
> leads you through the complicated process of forcing a program to use
> autoconf/automake. We could set a tech support hotline, have
> interactive web chat support, etc.
>
> This could be huge.
>
> cgf
Then some time around v2 or v3, we can make it suddenly start phoning home
with copies of all your financial records, credit card numbers, and full
details of which system header files you have installed. We'll be rich, I
tell you, RICH!!!1! muahhahahahahaahahahahaaaaaaa!
cheers,
DaveK
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