[Python-Dev] Visual studio 2005 express now free (original) (raw)

Alex Martelli aleaxit at gmail.com
Mon Apr 24 16:56:31 CEST 2006

On Apr 24, 2006, at 12:48 AM, Neil Hodgson wrote:

Martin v. Löwis:

Apparently, the status of this changed right now: it seems that the 2003 compiler is not available anymore; the page now says that it was replaced with the 2005 compiler.

Should we reconsider? I expect Microsoft means that Visual Studio Express will be available free forever, not that you will always be able to download Visual Studio 2005 Express. They normally only provide a particular product version for a limited time after it has been superceded.

Yeah, that does sound like a normal commercial policy. If we want
some compiler to be available "forever", we have to choose one that
we can get permission to redistribute, and host it somewhere ourselves.

Alex

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