Yaakov (Cygwin/X) writes: > On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:56:42 +0100, Erwin Waterlander wrote: >> It doesn't matter that it is not secure. > > Yes, it does. IMHO it is irresponsible on our part to distribute > unmaintained or knowingly vulnerable software, and it reflects badly on > the Cygwin project.
Well, the target OS has been unmaintained for much longer and even worse, you can't even download the service packs and patches for it anymore. I hope I will never have to re-install my Win98SE laptop... but I need to keep it around, for two reasons: I have a scanner that never got drivers for any later version than WinME and unfortunately has buggy firmware that the Linux community hasn't yet (and probably never will) work around, so it would otherwise be a sad case of electronic waste. The other reason is that I did manage to install an almost up-to-date version of .Net onto it and this means I can use it as a very nice logic analyzer (it has a touch screen) by connecting a small box to USB so it actually does something useful without ever getting connected to the net. We actually have a bunch of PC at our lab at work still running Win98 or WinNT for very much the same reason: expensive hardware that never got their drivers updated (manufacturer gone belly-up or getting rid of that particular product line or asking us to buy new hardware with new drivers that actually doesn't do what the old one did). These aren't connected to the net as well, so there's no worry about their security, especially as you can't go into the lab without an access token anyway. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptations for Waldorf Q V3.00R3 and Q+ V3.54R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada