[Boxbackup-dev] Latest Box Backup on Windows

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Pete,

On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Peter Jalajas, GigaLock Backup Services wrote:

> I've moved on, but I'm long-term interested in compiling Box Backup on
> Windows.  I think there are 3 compiling environment options on the
> table:
> #1.  Using MS Visual C++ 2010 Express
> #2.  Using MinGW.
> #3.  Using MinGW in Cygwin.
> I guess I'm not really interested in investing any more time in #1 for
> political and hassle reasons.  I have no preference between #2 or #3.
> But I could be swayed by you.  No rush--I look forward to your input,
> Charles!

#1 is the only one likely to ever support VSS, since the necessary COM 
interfaces aren't sufficiently documented by Microsoft to create a working 
interoperable set of headers for free compilers.

Cheers, Chris.
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