Microsoft releses Services for Unix

From: "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-hackers-win32" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Microsoft releses Services for Unix
Date: 2004-01-14 19:12:14
Message-ID: 303E00EBDD07B943924382E153890E5434AA55@cuthbert.rcsinc.local
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Hello,

Microsoft just decided to make Services for Unix a free download. The
package includes a lot of features to make a win32 computer more usable
in a mixed network. It also includes posix libraries, shells, even gcc
in a unix-ish build environment similar to cygwin (they call it
'Interix').

Perhaps with this new development it might be worthwhile investigating
getting postgres compiled using this build environment. This might be a
way to shortcut the win32 porting effort and keep the win32 specific
code in postgres down to an absolute minimum.

Merlin

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