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Re: buggy software


For the sake of argument, I will assume that it was one MS agent infiltrator
who posed as a model cygwin member, certainly no more than one bad egg in
the 900+. The remaining members have my respect.

Bill Briel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Cc: "Bill Briel" <bbriel@adelphia.net>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: buggy software


> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:25:17PM -0400, Charles S. Wilson wrote:
> > Bill Briel wrote:
> >
> > > Please be advised that I downloaded several cygwin files from your
site.
> > > After rebooting, I was greeted with a deleted mouse driver and a
changed
> > > bootlog. Having corrected this problem, I have removed cgywin from my
> > > computer. Good joke, but poor business. Retaliation would be too
juvenile.
> >
> >
> > Yep. You caught us.  All 2000 subscribers to this mailing list are in a
> > conspiracy to destroy user's Windows installations because we hate MS.
>
> Just for sake of correctness: We're only 900+ subscribers. Involving
> too much people into the details of the conspiracy would be contrary
> to our dubious intentions.
>
> Corinna
>
> --
> Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
> Cygwin Developer                                mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com
> Red Hat, Inc.


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