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Re: If it is true, Please Help me.


At 10:36 AM 4/4/2001, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 03:17:32PM -0700, eventualdeath wrote:
> >technicaly I still do not know what is cygwin for, but my guess is that it
> >is used so that programs running on unix or linux can run in windows if
> >cygwin is installed.
> >
> >Is my guess right?
>
>Partly.  Cygwin is really just a cover for a supersecret government
>project.  I could go into more detail but then... you know...


Yes, I've always been amazed at how well the first FAQ "What is it?"
(http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_1.html#SEC1) covers for the *true* nature
of this project.  If I read this FAQ entry, I would be lead to believe that
Cygwin is a set of GNU tools that help me build Windows programs or port
UNIX programs to Windows.  Quite a clever deception!;-)



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