Python 2.4 killing commercial Windows Python development ?

[Tony Meyer]

[problems with dependency on msvr71.dll snipped]

One option is to create a Windows Python 2.4 installer that includes a
Python not built with MSVC7 - for example gcc or MSVC6 - which doesn't have
the dependency on mscvr71.dll.  Both VC6 and gcc are feasible, although
there may be a reasonable amount of work required.

If the installer proved popular, then I'm sure the python-dev people could
be convinced (for 2.5, perhaps) that there should be an official release of
this type, much like there's a separate 64 bit installer available.
(Assuming that patches could be submitted that made the build process as
seamless as the existing one).

This seems a much more achievable goal than anything involving a meeting
with Microsoft...

=Tony.Meyer