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RE: XFree on WinME?
- To: "'Harold Hunt'" <Harold at compasstechnologies dot com>, "'Dan Knapp'" <dankna at brain dot mics dot net>, <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: XFree on WinME?
- From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:36:04 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harold Hunt [mailto:Harold@compasstechnologies.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 4:21 PM
> To: 'Dan Knapp'; cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: RE: XFree on WinME?
>
>
> Dan,
>
> The failure situation you described is the normal Win9X
> failure situation.
> Microsoft was issuing some confusing press releases before
> Windows Me was
> released, to the effect that it sounded like WinMe was going
> to be based off
> the NT kernel;
Whistler might be... I wonder who came up with this name, are the M$
Developers
are having whisteling competition in Redmond <grin>
This is from MSDN Universal Subscription Download site:
Windows Whistler Beta 1. Whistler is the first version of Windows for home
computers based on Windows 2000. Whistler represents a significant milestone
bringing the reliability of the Windows 2000 code base to both business and
home PC users, along with high levels of application and device
compatibility. Whistler contains numerous rich features that will enable
powerful new usage scenarios and applications.
and under members download area I see Win Whistler, Whistler Pro and
Whistler Advanced Server Beta-1
Suhaib
>this turned out not to be the case, and WinMe
> exhibits the
> same problems with Cygwin/XFree86 as the other Win9X versions.
>
> Thanks for your interest in the project,
>
> Harold
>