RE: Spice on cygwin?

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

----Original Message----
>From: Christopher Faylor
>Sent: 19 April 2005 17:04

> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 05:01:14PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: Christopher Faylor
>>> Sent: 19 April 2005 16:55
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:40:59AM -0400, Robb, Sam wrote:
>>>>> "  BECAUSE AUTOTOOLS IS A SCREAMING INSANE MESS OF NIGHTMARE GIBBERISH
>>>>> SPAGHETTI NONSENSE THAT WILL SUCK EVERY LAST DROP OF SANITY OUT OF
>>>>> YOUR BRAIN WITH A STRAW AND LEAVE YOU REELING, DROOLING AND GIBBERING
>>>>> IN A CORNER DRESSED IN RAGS AND ROLLING IN YOUR OWN FAECES.  "
>>>> 
>>>> Wow.
>>>> 
>>>> What's truly and honestly amazing is this is one of the more
>>>> *restrained* comments I've ever seen made about autotools.
>>>> 
>>>> BTW, is there any truth to the rumors that the autotools maintainers
>>>> are, in fact, also the primary authors of the US tax code?  You have to
>>>> admit, that would answer a *lot* of questions about both, um,
>>>> "projects"...
>>> 
>>> Hmm.  I think I see an opening for a major new product.
>>> 
>>> I envision something called "TurboConf" that costs about $79.95 and
>>> leads you through the complicated process of forcing a program to use
>>> autoconf/automake.  We could set a tech support hotline, have
>>> interactive web chat support, etc.
>>> 
>>> This could be huge.
>> 
>> Then some time around v2 or v3, we can make it suddenly start phoning
>> home with copies of all your financial records, credit card numbers,
>> and full details of which system header files you have installed.
>> We'll be rich, I tell you, RICH!!!1! muahhahahahahaahahahahaaaaaaa!
> 
> Ok.  You're in charge of marketing.
> 
> cgf


  Actually, the most successful marketers are not those who tell you how
rich they're going to be....  the most successful marketers are those who
tell you how rich *you're* going to be.

  However, I am evil, and completely dishonest[*], so I guess I'm qualified.

    cheers,
      DaveK

[*]  Reconciling these two statements is left as an exercise for the reader,
or one of those computers in old sci-fi stories that explodes at the first
hint of a paradox or self-contradiction....
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