Re: Yet more Microsoft licensing issues

Michael C. wrote:
> 1)  Dropping Windows support would not be acceptable.  Although you may 
> not use it anymore, many of us use it exclusively, myself included.
I agree; some of us don't have the option of -not- using Windows, due to 
occupational obligations and the like.

> 2)  As far as the "mscvcr71.dll" library, the simple fix appears to be 
> to install MS Media Player version 9.0 or above.  I have not been able 
> to confirm this finding, but all of my machines that have at least Media 
> Player 10 (one at MP 10, and two at MP 11), have this DLL loaded 
> already.  Another option is just to list this DLL as a prerequisite, and 
> let the end user find it.
I'm fine with the "let the user find it themself" approach, but 
compiling a list of applications it comes bundled with wouldn't hurt 
either. I'm sure one could just google "mscvcr71.dll" and download the 
DLL straightaway anyhow.

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