RE: cygwin vs. MKS Toolkit

["Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@ipass.net>]

>
> I think you might be sailing a bit close to a lawsuit.

Yes sure, Should I also give you the e-mail address of the guys from
DataFocus?

>As far as
> I'm aware, there is no connection between the GNU utilities and
> the MKS toolkit for NT (apart from the obvious that both aim to
> implement the POSIX tools as a subset of their functionality).
>

MKS Toolkit is NOT a POSIX implementation Win32.  MKS Toolkit is a
colection binutils like stuff, e.g. tar, ls etc.
POSIX implementation is from Datafocus (who recently bought MKS)
and it is called NuTCracker.

There is no comparision between Cygnus and MKS toolKit, as far as POSIX is
concerned.  Cygwin is a dvelopment tool. MKS toolkit

I would let this thread die, instead of getting into irrlevant arguments.

Suhaib



> As to why - many enterprises (particularly commercial companies)
> are extremely conservative. They don't understand the free
> software model or choose to have anything to do with it - at a
> simplistic level, they want to have someone to sue (or at least
> kick) if the code doesn't work. This is being addressed with the
> likes of Cygnus offering formal commercial support, but it takes
> a long time for many companies to adjust to a new model. They
> would rather pay more for an inferior product through the
> traditional software development company route than come to grips
> with the alien concept that someone might give the product away
> for free.
>
> Cygnus and similar companies now package free software up with
> support in a way which looks much more like a traditional
> software company. I suspect they're still up against worries
> and misunderstandings about GNU licensing even then, but there
> is much more chance of many companies using the GNU tools through
> Cygnus than by downloading and hacking them themselves. MKS have
> been offering the UNIX tools on NT as a commercial product for
> many years - if I remember correctly, since well before the GNU
> tools were even available on NT let alone commercially supported.
> They have a head-start in the commercial market, their product
> has worked adequately for many people, so many companies will go
> to them. With a bit of luck, Cygnus and others will make increasing
> inroads into this market as time goes on.
>
>
>
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