On Wednesday 07 May 2003 2:17 am, Tim Peters wrote: > [Phil Thompson] > > > ... > > If it's free, why pay any attention to the offer of a donation of a GUI > > frontend? (With a certain amount of irony, I don't attach any > > value to a GUI frontend to a compiler.) > > The GUI isn't just the compiler, it's also the automated dependency > analysis, a make system, and a (very good) debugger. > > > If it is free using some Microsoft definition of the word (eg. > > users have to upgrade to Win2K, or some other "read the small print" > > reason) then my vote is -1. > > Guido asked who would want one. You don't, but you don't get to vote that > nobody else does either. That's not the point I'm trying to make. If there is a cost to *users* of a change then that change must be managed properly. The statement on Microsoft's web page says... "Non-developers need to install the .NET Framework 1.1 to run applications developed using the .NET Framework 1.1." The impression I'm getting is that a quick switchover to VC 7 is being suggested - that's what I'm "voting" against. Phil
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