XDMCP on Windows 95
Harold L Hunt II
huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Dec 3 15:14:00 GMT 2002
Okay, okay, but I didn't want to be that hard on Sylvain as he is a good
contributor to our discussions... I just wanted to put up a friendly
reminder that everyone, I more so than others, should sometimes tone
down our messages. That's all.
Harold
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 04:33:26PM -0500, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>
>>I am not understanding why your response was appropriate. The default
>>port for XDM has nothing to do with Microsoft, unless Microsoft has
>>decided to use port 177 for one of their products. If that was the
>>case, then a simple mention that ``Product Foo'' uses port 177 would
>>have been sufficient, right?
>
>
> AFAICT, it's the standard Cygwin response #13, issued when someone is
> confused about the process and wants to make a point by letting everyone
> know how bad Microsoft is and exhorting all of us not to be that way.
>
> In other words, it was a value-free message. Alexander's response was
> perfectly clear and he didn't need to be taken to task for some imagined
> attitude.
>
> cgf
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