Naim89 Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 (edited) At the risk of sounding like a very inexperienced newbie, and please forgive me if you knew this already, but... Why do Windows and Linux use the SAME shell? Or at least seem to use it? Open up a terminal window in linux and type "cp --help". You get instructions on how to use it, and even an E-mail address to e-mail bug information. Now, in Windows, open up a command prompt. Type "cp --help". You get EXACTLY the same thing. Even the same E-mail address. Even the same "This is free software" and the "GNU" speech. Am I missing something here or is something very very wrong? Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, or maybe I'm on completely the wrong track - and if I am misguided then someone guide me in the right direction - but if I'm not ... Edited March 29, 2005 by Naim89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 It's a well known fact that M$ takes open source software and repackages it as their own. They usually take the GPL license out though :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 they just ported the program, it's not the same shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 Was it a GNU email address? I'd be surprised if MS ripped off GNU when there are BSD licensed implementations available. Also, MS did license Unix from SCO, so it has distribution rights to SysV implementations, too. Not that I expect BSD and SysV implementations of cp to differ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naim89 Posted March 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 (edited) Bastards! Ah well, It was expected! I've been using Linux since September 2004 (as it says in my signature) and I became interested in it because I liked the way that all the programs and the kernel itself is free software (free as in having the ability to view and modify the source code). Having Windows on a computer is like having a car that cannot have its tyres changed or its windscreen replaced, and doing so would result in the car manufacturer at your tail! It's your computer, you bought it - so why can't you control it the way you want it to be? In fact, I've nearly moved to linux full time - the only thing that is stopping me is the lack of gaming support in Linux - I love playing halo on Windows but it seems virtually impossible to play on Linux, even with Wine or Cedega. EDIT: Yeah, it was the same one (bug-coreutils@gnu.org). Edited March 24, 2005 by Naim89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 I think MS believes that their SCO UNIX license gives them Carte Blanche access to all Linux code. It would certainly explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamw Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 naim: are you sure you have a stock Windows install? If I try that on Windows XP here at my non-MDK work, I get: C:\Documents and Settings\awilliamson>cp --help 'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 got cygwin installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 yeah chances are it's cygwin, which is a port of all sorts of unix and linux programs to windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Are you using the "windows" in linux? I do not get anything l;ike you describe in xp pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 C:\Documents and Settings\Default>cp --help 'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Documents and Settings\Default> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 I get the same as mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Its just cygwin guys, no big deal lol http://www.cygwin.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naim89 Posted March 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) oh ... I didn't know I had cygwin installed; I definately didn't install it... Maybe someone else did, Ah well... Hardly use windows anymore anyway! Edited March 25, 2005 by Naim89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adriano1 Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Linux _creeps_ onto your system. Watch out! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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