big10p: I'm led to believe that certain of the more 'pro' features are not available. Profiling optimisation isn't there (as far as I know), but for most things that's not a great hinderance.
I'm not sure M$ realised that someone would release an open-source IDE which could make use of their free toolkit. It looks like they intended it to be used with a basic editor so that amateurs could compile very basic programs.
It also addresses the fact that Windows still ships without a proper compiler. I am actually hoping that they will see the light and quietly bundle the 2005 toolkit with Vista.
I'm not sure M$ realised that someone would release an open-source IDE which could make use of their free toolkit. It looks like they intended it to be used with a basic editor so that amateurs could compile very basic programs.
It also addresses the fact that Windows still ships without a proper compiler. I am actually hoping that they will see the light and quietly bundle the 2005 toolkit with Vista.