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Re: Spice on cygwin?


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


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