Re: Re: building Phoenix this time on Windows

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2015-05-06 23:04 Christian Aichinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> > You can get the Visual C++ 2010 Express edition by going here:
> >
> https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx
>
> Thanks for the hint. But it is not possible to download that for free.
> I need to register an account there.
> I will never create an account for a directly-NSA-cooperating company -
> even if the account date is fake.
>
> Isn't there a real free download?


I'm pretty sure it's still free even though they want you to register
(Apple used to require you to register for a Developers account in order to
download their compiler, too.

I suspect you can find a copy somewhere else, though probably not legally.

But can't you just use a temporary email address and not worry about it?

I feel your pain, but here's the deal: you are using a proprietary compiler
on a proprietary OS -- that means MS can dictate the terms. period. end of
story. Run a free OS if you don't want to deal with that -- fortunately, we
do have options.

In theory, you could go half-way and stick with Windows, but use MinGW as
your compiler instead, but that's going to requite a lot of configuration
work that I don't think has been done for you.

-Chris



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