Maura, On Wednesday 22 September 2004 01:52, Maura Edelweiss Monville wrote:
Thank you. As it's advertised at a ".com" site I guess it's not for free, is it ? As a graduate student I do appreciate free and beta s/w packages...
That's not a valid assumption in general and is not at all true in this case. Cygwin is truly the next best thing to a real Linux or Unix + Gnu Tools system for those who must run Windows. It comprehensive and mature and they've done an outstanding job at creating a nearly seamless integration of Unix / Linux API and Gnu Tools with the Windows operating system. And it's free ($) and open source. RedHat owns the copyright on the Cygwin DLL that is the heart of the emulation. The vast majority of the software that runs in that environment bears an open source license such as GPL or LGPL.
Regards, maura
Randall Schulz -- Without Cygwin, programming itself is not possible on Windows.