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<DIV><SPAN class=279182318-17022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>FYI,
VC++ Pro is only $109.00...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Tyler Mitchell
[mailto:TMitchell@lignum.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 17, 2004
11:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B> gdal-dev@remotesensing.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Gdal-dev] Python support under MinGW<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT
size=2><TT>> I realize that not everyone can afford (or chooses) to buy MS
VC++, <BR>> but I think<BR>> you are buying yourself alot of headaches
to try and build OpenEV and all<BR>> its dependencies from scratch with
MingW or any other compiler. Building<BR>> GDAL shouldn't be too
hard.<BR></TT></FONT><BR><FONT size=2><TT>I've heard, and learned from
experience, that compiling Openev on any platform is not for the faint of
heart! Keep us updated on your success / failure with doing this,
particularly with MingW.</TT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>