[redland-dev] Re:UNIX environments for Windows

[Richard H. McCullough]

You should inform your management that Microsoft strongly supports the idea
of UNIX environments for Windows.  

Microsoft released its own UNIX environment, SFU 3.5.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb380242.aspx

My own assessment is that Cygwin is better than SFU 3.0;
I have not looked at SFU 3.5.

Dick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Boisen" <sean at logos.com>
To: "Richard H. McCullough" <rhm at PioneerCA.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:41 PM
Subject: RE: I have a proposal


> Installing the Python RDF bindings on Windows requires some .dll files
> that are binaries resulting from Redland compilation. The latest Windows
> binaries I've found on SourceSafe are 2 years out of date (1.0.3).
> Hence, the most recent Python/Redland I can run on Windows is also 2
> years out of date, and to use something more recent, I'd need more
> recent binaries. 
> 
> Yes, Cygwin is a native Windows program, but it functions as an
> alternative OS, and that's not a good solution for me because the rest
> of the corporate environment strongly favors Windows solutions (as
> opposed to Cygwin on Windows). 
> 
> Sean
>