Octave slow in Cygwin

[Ron Crummett]

Hi -

I run a dual-boot machine with XP and Ubuntu breezy.  In both instances 
I run Octave 2.1.73; on Windows, under Cygwin.  I have noticed that 
Octave runs a good bit slower under Cygwin than on Ubuntu.  I have also 
noticed that when I install Octave in Ubuntu (using package 
repositories) that ATLAS is selected as a dependency; not so in Cygwin.  
Would this be part of the cause for Octave to run slower in Cygwin?  And 
if so, what can I do to fix it?  Thanks.

-Ron