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Subject: Re: [OT] Development Release: Mandrakelinux 10.1 beta 1 [OT]

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 15:16:14 08/10/04

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On August 10, 2004 at 18:05:21, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>On August 10, 2004 at 17:38:31, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>...
>>
>>How much does a C compiler cost for Windows?  Ouch!
>>
>
>Free tools available from Microsoft alone:
>
>Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 -- compiler, linker, etc.:
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
>
>Beta of Visual Studio 2005 Express, including compiler, linker, GUI editor,
>debugger, project system, etc.:
>http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/default.aspx
>
>You may want express editions of other MS languages. See
>http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/ for Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual J#,
>SQL, Visual Web Developer.
>
>If you want complete documentation for Visual Studio 2005, you have to download
>express edition of MSDN library from
>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30100&clcid=0x409 (additional 200 or
>300Mb), or you have to tell Visual Studio to use help from the Internet.
>
>You are getting highly standard-compiant compiler with either of those
>downloads. If you want to develop Windows programs you probably want to download
>Windows SDK that includes Windows headers and libraries, for details see
>http://weblogs.asp.net/brianjo/archive/2004/08/08/211085.aspx.



Why does MS sell _expensive_ developement packages if they are in reality, free?

Thanks,
Matt


>
>Thanks,
>Eugene



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