Download Visual Studio Express 2008 now

[Lie Ryan]

On 04/16/10 22:09, Robin Becker wrote:
> On 12/04/2010 21:36, Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> ...........
>>
>> If you are planning to build Python extension modules in the next five
>> years, I recommend that you obtain a copy of VS Express, just in case
>> Microsoft removes it from their servers. As mentioned, it's free of
>> charge. When downloading it for later use, it's probably best to get the
>> offline ISO image release, available from
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2008-All
> ...........
> 
> Is it sufficient to download just the setup program vcsetup.exe or do
> people need to obtain the offline iso which presumably has the full
> content in it.

As I remember it when installing VS Excpress a few years back, the thin
installer is just a download manager so you should get the full
installer if you want to insure yourself from Microsoft pulling the plug
out.