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RE: A cygwin newsgroup?


On 14 November 2006 14:55, George wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 07:03:39AM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> Maybe I knew that there was a cygwin newsgroup at some point in the
>> distant past but its existence came as a surprise to me this morning
>> nonetheless. 
>> 
>> It seems rather rude that this would be created without discussion in
>> the official cygwin forum but I guess that's par for the course.  Few
>> people who use cygwin seem to have a clue.

  I don't think anyone needs to check in here for permission to discuss cygwin
in a forum of their own devising.  Consider it a fork!


> Could be worse.
> 
> alt.binaries.cygwin.bundles
> alt.binaries.cygwin.cygcheck
> alt.binaries.cygwin.old.versions
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.acronyms
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.acronyms.new
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.alt.flame.infoterror
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.batch.file.tips
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.line.endings
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.nabble.comp.cygwin.nabble.nabble.windows
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.posix.paths.advocacy
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.registry
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.this.doesnt.work
> alt.comp.windows.cygwin.winsock.hackers
> 
> Or maybe not.

  Oh, it's the alt.* heirarchy.  The founding principle of alt.* is "Anyone
can newgroup".


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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