On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 09:54 -0700, Benjamin Franz wrote: > On 09/24/2010 08:37 AM, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > > On 24 September 2010 14:23, Timo Schoeler<timo.schoeler at riscworks.net> wrote: > >> Windows admins use a virtualized CentOS machine to copy files because > >> their own tools are not able to handle copying a bigger amount of data. :) > > Although I read the article with some amusement, I have to wonder > > what's wrong with rsync (has a Windows port, albeit somewhat slow with > > Cygwin implementation). His fallback is using cp which I found utterly > > incomprehensible > Until Cygwin's developers decide the join the rest of the window's > universe in having an *uninstaller* it will remain "not installed - > ever" on many people's systems, including mine. +1. There are numerous things with Cygwin that are very messy. It avoid it at nearly all costs. IMO, a windows system with Cygwin and Cygwin tools isn't really a Windows system anymore; it is an crippled and ugly hybrid. > It is completely > unacceptable that it is happy to install, but that you have to > *manually* rip it out piece-by-piece if you ever want to uninstall it.