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RE: Odd mount and path problem


> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> 
> > On Behalf Of Robinow, David
> >  Maybe, but see above.
> >  cygwin, if I remember that far back, was originally intended as
> > a tool for
> > relatively experience unix folks to be able to run their stuff 
> on Windows.
> 
> I see Cygwin now as a way to get windows folks to try a *nix environment.

Sorry, that should have been in addition to stated reason above ;)

J.

> Thats certainly how I started; my (then) project leader decided that the
> next project should work on Windows, Linux and Solaris so we used cygwin
> and gcc for development.  It's only really since that time that 
> I've started
> using linux at home (currently Debian on my firewall and (installing as
> we speak) redhat on my test machine).  I certainly couldn't have got as
> far as I have without being able to switch between the windows I is/was
> used too and the cygwin/linux view of my file system.
> 
> *Most* advantagous.
> 
> J.


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