pygame and python 2.5

[mensanator at aol.com]

On Feb 10, 11:03�pm, s... at pobox.com 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.

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