Synchronicity, perhaps? I just get finished justifying my Cygwin setup on Windows XP to some punk on ISCA (because I asked a question about why his telnet client doesn't work over an SSH connection) because "Windows isn't designed to do that". And then I pop over to /. to read a bit of a raging debate about whether a Cygwin LiveCD is stupid.
I don't think I'd personally have use for a full blown X Window package on a Cygwin LiveCD, but I can at least entertain the notion of how it'd be useful. Is there some reason why some hardcore *nix geeks can't get it through their head that some people actually aren't interested in throwing away all their computer knowledge just to use the great and powerful *nix, when there is no compelling technological reason to do so.
Of course, it is /., so why the fuck do I care?