On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:44:56 -0500, 
Jonathan Polley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> 
> On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 09:05  PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:09:14 -0700 (PDT),
> > Jonathan Polley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >> I have a few questions brought about by some recent experiences,
> >but> what they boil down to is "Are we going to reestablish the
> >minimun> system requirements for FlightGear."
> >>
> >> First, due to deficiencies in the compiler, it is becoming more and
> >> more difficult to build FlightGear under MSVC 6.0.  MSVC 6.0 cannot
> >
> > ..I take it there is a _free_ alternative?  Drop MSVC then, or,
> > have Microsoft fix it.  Their job and code, not ours.
> 
> No, that wasn't what I meant (and I apologize if I didn't make myself 
> clear enough).  MSVC 7.0 (.NET) is suppose to be more standards 
> compliant and my question was geared more toward asking if version 7.0
> would be the preferred version of MSVC.
> 
> > ..face it, what's in it for us anyway?  MSVC just diverts time
> > and good work away from FlightGear and into Bill Gates pockets.
> 
> I suppose that following that line would also cause us to drop 
> development for Windows?  Personally, I have had nothing but problems 

..why (not)?  Let "the market" demand decide the what/when/how.  ;-)
On finding/making a _better_ tool, we ofcourse use it.  ;-)

> getting the Windows version of the gcc environment to run for me (at 
> all, period).  Actually, I prefer working under a GUI environment so 
> even if I could get cygwin running I would probably stay under MSVC.  
> But that's just me.

..we all use our preferred tools.  If need be, we all fix 
or upgrade them as we, or the tool owners, please.  ;-)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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