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Re: Wn2000Pro



----- Original Message -----
From: "James Youngman" <jay@gnu.org>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: Wn2000Pro


> Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > Look again:
> >
> > "The Cygwin DLL works with all modern versions of Windows except
Windows
> > CE."
> >
> > Is this somehow unclear?
>
> One might argue that it is, I think.   Firstly, a statement of this
> form is more useful if the reader knows when it was written;
> secondly, I suppose that Windows XP is a "modern version of Windows".
>
> How about (if it is true) ...
>
>   The Cygwin DLL works with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 95, 98, Me, and
>   Windows 2000 (all versions).  It should work with Windows XP once it
>   has been officially released.
>

We used to specifically exclude XP, however as I understand it XP does
work - the final code only, not the betas. Also you text is no more
clear, and requires more updating.

Rob


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