Re: Windows Line Endings

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Eric,

On 5 Oct 2012, at 23:42, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 10/05/2012 10:03 AM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>> Is there a legal way to get access
>> to Windows and the various flavours of gcc and MSVC that libtool users
>> care about, without spending hundreds of dollars on software I would
>> never use for anything else?  It pretty much sucks that everytime I
>> push a well tested (on various Unix varieties) patch, that Windows likes
>> to blow up gratuitously.  I don't mind wasting a bit of time checking
>> things on Windows, but I really don't want to also waste money on
>> Microsoft.
> 
> If you are a fan of virtual machines, it is possible to set up qemu-kvm
> under Linux to run a default-60-trial of various Windows versions
> without having to pay for a license.  Microsoft also has a documented
> means of expanding that 60 days into 180 days, which means you can test
> Microsoft products at no monetary cost at the expense of reinstalling
> your virtual machine twice per year.

Thanks for the tip.  That's no different to a working Windows install
anyway... when I worked for a company that forced me to use Windows 95
to connect to their exchange server, it needed to be reinstalled at least
once a year even though all it did was run Out Look all day!

I actually run a lot of virtual machines on my Mac, including a couple
of versions of Mac OS and Linux, and I certainly wouldn't want to
squander perfectly good hardware on an OS that I don't use, and wasn't
aware of the 180 days trials, so I'll take a look into that next time I
have half a day spare.

Do they also have similar trials for MSVC?

Any idea what the least painful version of Windows for a VM is these days
(I'm guessing XP is still the best)?

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)