[OpenAFS-win32-devel] Re: Visual C++ 6 patches

[Joe Buehler]

Jeffrey Altman wrote:

> The DDK is free to download.  This won't cost money.

Would you post the URL please?  I looked for it, but as far as I could
tell it is not downloadable except with an MSDN subscription.

> There is also the free to download Visual C++ Toolkit which contains the 
> same compiler and linker from VS.NET 2003:
> 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/

Thank you!  I will look at that.

> Forcing people to leave behind unsafe operating systems and development
> tools when better tools are available and have been for years does
> not make me sad.

I understand why this decision was made.  In my case it doesn't help.  I won't
go into all the details, but it's basically configuration management.  You can't
dictate to customers and third-party suppliers what operating system they will
use.  We're stuck with what they're using or support.
-- 
Joe Buehler