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RE: [1.7] Weird error "grep: writing output: Cannot allocate memory"
- From: "Phil Betts" <Phil dot Betts at ascribe dot com>
- To: <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:26:20 +0100
- Subject: RE: [1.7] Weird error "grep: writing output: Cannot allocate memory"
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Dave Korn wrote:
> If only those fools upstream would open their source, we could have
> fixed
> the underlying bug for them... ;-)
That's crazy talk Dave! Their entire business model is based on
people "upgrading" in the hope that longstanding, obvious bugs will be
fixed (Word *still* has bugs I first reported to them about 18 years
ago). If the bugs were fixed, the whole house of cards would collapse.
Phil
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