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Re: Virus Found
Michael Schaap wrote:
> At 23:49 10-9-2001, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
>> Yeah! Instead of the usual advertising lies about the downsides
>> of the software you're just installing (e.g. "The new activation
>> feature helps you to avoid copyright infringements"), Cygwin's
>> setup would give some useful hints to the user:
>>
>> "NEVER move your Cygwin DLL into your Windows directory!"
>>
>> "Wanna use ssh? Check out /usr/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README
>> and start ssh-user-config!"
>>
>> "On NT, Cygwin uses the Windows password, on 9x, use `crypt'
>> to generate passwords to put into /etc/passwd."
>>
>> etc...
>
>
> Or how about a "tip of the day" feature in cygwin1.dll that shows one of
> these in a message box every time the dll is loaded? :-)
GAAKKKKKK ! I hope that's a joke. Tip-of-the-day messages are the
biggest insult going. I don't need my software to say "Hey, A*****e,
you can open a file by using the Control+O keyboard shortcut." If I
want to be insulted, there are plenty of people I can call.
> Instructions on how to turn that off will NOT be given in the mailing
> list, but can only be found in the documentation and in the FAQ.
>
> - Michael
>
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