Win2k and cygwin memory leak

[Andrew DeFaria]

Brian.Kelly@empireblue.com wrote:

>> Seems like your saying that (using a car analogy) he should replace 
>> the carberator when the real problem is a leak in the fuel line. (IOW 
>> you're attacking the wrong area - your problem lies elsewhere).
>
> Nope - gotta lower your expectations. I use to work in shop when I was 
> in high school. Bascially I'd snip the line at the leak, get a piece 
> of rubber hose and a couple of hose clamps. Back on the road in five 
> minutes!!
>
> - Oh but that's not SAFE ( you may counter )
>
> ( to which I would say ) - neither are crashing servers ...
>
> Assuming of course we stick to your analogy and assume that I can't 
> 'replace' the fuel line because - well - it's "Ford's" problem .....
>
> You see, basic people (clueless) are very practical. Why put in a new 
> engine when a piece of duct tape will do???

You refuse to see the obvious! While in my admittedly simple analogy yes 
you can duct tape it because it's right there and accessable. However in 
this case you do not have access to Microsoft's memory managing code!  
Sure you could re-write it but you'd also have to re-write just about  
all of the Windows OS. Sure this effectively new OS would not have the  
problem anymore. Perhaps you could call this OS something with a cutesy  
name like say LINUX!

Bottom line is Cygwin is nothing more than a very good collection of  
applications, key point here, EMULTATING a Posix like enviornment  
(another key point) ON TOP OF another OS. Cygwin != an OS and is bound  
and limited by the underlying OS. If you have a problem with the  
underlying OS then by all means - you are welcomed to fix it. But alas  
you do not have access to the source code. So what do you have to do?  
Maybe even the clueless can guess this.... YOU HAVE TO GO TO MICROSOFT!  
(Which is, after all, what we've been saying all along)



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