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Re: WTF?!
At 01:47 PM 9/20/2001, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:29:20AM +1000, Robert Praetorius wrote:
> >perhaps if the main cygwin mailing list were renamed to cygwin-
> >asbestos-longjohns ( http://www.cnam.fr/Jargon/jargon.html?64 )
> >it would set expectations in a way that would cut down the level
> >of shock and surprise (I'm not shocked, but I'm pretty much in
> >agreement with http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-
> >questions.html ).
> >
> >Naahhh. Nothing would be sufficient. This is life on the net.
> >The unacculturated proportion of the stream never goes down
> >because of the continual influx.
>
>Wow. That's a discouraging (if true) observation.
>
>I think the usual observation at this point is "If you really think
>that those are flames you don't know what flames are".
>
>I think it may be time for a "death of cygwin unless changes are made"
>prediction, too. Or did we already have that?
More or less. I think we've run through the standard check list of
complaints and rebuttals. The cycle is complete. It's time to leave
this merry-go-round until another day. There's nothing more to see here.
Back to work! ;-)
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
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