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Re: MS recommends Cygwin

From: Warren Young <warren at etr-usa dot com>
To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:31:24 -0600
Subject: Re: MS recommends Cygwin
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On 3/16/2012 12:24 PM, David Eisner wrote:

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Warren Young<warren@etr-usa.com> wrote:
What I can't see happening is the iPadification of Windows Server. I can
Indeed:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/SAC-416T
"All server apps should be restructured to run on Windows Server
systems without a GUI stack...PowerShell....ya ya ya...

Waitamminit.... you're telling me Windows Server 8 can finally work like PDP-8 Unix?

I should have seen that coming. It's not the iPadification of Windows Server, it's the VMification. Same effect, in this case: MS still wants the classic desktop to die.

The pendulum, she keeps on swinging....

References:
- MS recommends Cygwin
  - From: Andy Koppe
- Re: MS recommends Cygwin
  - From: Warren Young
- Re: MS recommends Cygwin
  - From: Christopher Faylor
- Re: MS recommends Cygwin
  - From: Warren Young
- Re: MS recommends Cygwin
  - From: David Eisner

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