::At previous points in time, Ales Hvezda and Dan McMahill ::*HAVE* each build distributable Windoze-compatible binaries. ::Before they did that, however, it appears that ::no one considered the nature of the typical Windoze user.
DJ Delorie wrote:
The last Windoze binary installer I recall was even before that. Since then, install *scripts* have been available for Windoze users. The thinking seems to be that IF you can get Cygwin installed AND build the suite using the script, THEN you will be accepted into the brotherhood. According to what I read, the amount of whining from the *Click here to install* crowd got too be a bit much and a higher entry barrier solved that.