a suite of tools based on the Unix tool design principles allowing the processing of Windows application data with sophisticated data manipulation pipelines.
from Glowdot Code by Rick Strom " if you start with Win32, you will have very little problem moving to MFC or .NET, since they just simplify the process."
MSLU comes with licensing terms that are highly unfriendly to Open Source applications: although you can freely distribute unicows.dll with your application, your licensing terms must meet certain conditions that no Open Source license can.
component provides a layer over the Win32 API on Windows 95/98/ME so that you can write a single Unicode version of your application and have it run properly on all platforms. Platform Software Development Kit Redistributable
a Linux-like environment for Windows. A way to run native linux apps on Windows and make way to magically make native Windows apps aware of UNIX ® functionality after a rebuild.