> If someone could help, perhaps by briefly explaining what it is > they're worried about, and why they needn't be, I would greatly > appreciate it. I have no idea what your management will be worried about, but I suggest that you explain to them how much more productive it makes you at your job, and that the dollar cost to them is zero. That's how I sold it to my management. No one here asked me whether it was safe to install open source software, but if they had I was ready to explain that it's a well established and stable product, I've been using it and contributing to it for many years, and have never had a problem with it. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/