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Mon Apr 24 16:56:31 CEST 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/064269.html

On Apr 24, 2006, at 12:48 AM, Neil Hodgson wrote:

> Martin v. Löwis:
>
>> Apparently, the status of this changed right now: it seems that
>> the 2003 compiler is not available anymore; the page now says
>> that it was replaced with the 2005 compiler.
>>
>> Should we reconsider?
>
>    I expect Microsoft means that Visual Studio Express will be
> available free forever, not that you will always be able to download
> Visual Studio 2005 Express. They normally only provide a particular
> product version for a limited time after it has been superceded.

Yeah, that does sound like a normal commercial policy. If we want  
some compiler to be available "forever", we have to choose one that  
we can get permission to redistribute, and host it somewhere ourselves.

Alex

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