Re: [Mingw-users] original purpose of MinGW?

[Michael T. <my...@se...>]

> >
> > I dodn't find it thoughtless, as this question is quite often asked and I
> > didn't feel it was well answered by the site.
> 
> It was thoughtless because what was asked has been written and answered 
> before and there was obviously no research done on the part of the OP.

Thanks everybody for answers.
Earnie, I've done research. As I said, I searched the archives of the mailing list. 
Secondly, I've been using MinGW for about 2 years now and been to 
http://www.mingw.org/ many times, however I've never come across
 this particular link: http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MinGW

which perfectly answers the question. 
Maybe I'm blind or completely uncapable of using my computer, but
 even now I tried to navigate to the link you posted and found 
only one hyperlink in the text here http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MinGWiki
Maybe it would be more user-friendly if it was in the main navigation menu
in the Documentation section (no offense intended).

Thirdly, it was also very interesting to read other users' opinions - why and 
where do particular people use MinGW. Such question can't be
 answered by a universal wiki page and a mailing list is a great way to get some feedback.

Thanks again.

Michael