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Re: cygwin-talk Digest 15 Jul 2005 06:33:26 -0000 Issue 147
- From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna at efn dot org>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>,Haroon Shafiq <haroon dot shafiq at gmail dot com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 05:43:49 -0700
- Subject: Re: cygwin-talk Digest 15 Jul 2005 06:33:26 -0000 Issue 147
- References: <1121409206.26812.ezmlm@cygwin.com> <571eeacc0507150234118f3866@mail.gmail.com> <571eeacc05071502394906217c@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 02:39:27PM +0500, Haroon Shafiq wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Christopher Faylor < cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com>
> > To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
> > Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:20:48 -0400
> > Subject: Re: Can cygwin be loaded and it's utilities be used on Unix
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 01:12:45AM +0200, Lasse wrote:
> > >Brian Dessent wrote:
> > >>Second of all, Cygwin is a windows DLL. There is absolutely no way to
> > >>run it under Linux or any other system that's not Windows, unless you
> > >>are talking about WINE or something.
> > >
> > >Hmmm... Has any tried it? :-)
> >
> > Nope. Absolutely no one has tried it in any way whatsoever and no one
> > ever will. Any reports you hear of people trying it will be no more
> > than taunting lies.
> >
> > cgf
> >
> >
> An absolutely stupid idea. cygwin is supposed to be a *nix emulator, u
> want to run an emulator made to emulate an operating system on another
> operating system on the operating system whom it emulates through yet
> another emulator? where is this world going to?
This world is going to the hippos.