On Feb 10, 11:03�pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > � � >> However, the difference between the open-source people and Microsoft > � � >> is the the open-source people aren't being paid by you for the use of > � � >> their product, so they're not obligated in any way to help you. > > � � mensanator> This argument has become tiresome. The Python community > � � mensanator> wants Python to be a big fish in the big pond. That's why > � � mensanator> they make Windows binaries available. > > I suspect the main reason Windows binaries are produced is because a) > Microsoft doesn't ship Python installed on Windows, and b) your garden > variety Windows user doesn't have the tools necessary to build Python from > source. � > Not being a Windows user myself I don't understand all the ins and > outs of VC6 v. VC7, legal or technical. �Is there nothing Microsoft could > have done to make VC7 compatible with the existing VC6-based build > procedure?
Ya got me, I'm not a softeware developer, I'm an amateur math researcher. I don't know the ins and outs either. > > Skip
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