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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , Tom Shelton wrote:   
      
   > I've never heard of a granny that would want to setup a builds system   
   > on windows - unless she is a developer or a build manager.  The fact   
   > that you would even suggest that a normal granny would even consider   
   > doing such a thing is completely laughable.   
      
   The fact that you seem to be implying that a granny who would want to do   
   software development is somehow not “normal” is what is laughable.   
      
   > The only reason linux systems come with build tools, is that it has   
   > been the common for software in the *nix world to be distributed in the   
   > form of source code - that is not the case on windows systems, and is   
   > likely to never be the case.   
      
   Thereby proving my point about Free Software being handicapped on Windows.   
      
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