title: Is there a downloadable distribution of Thrift for Windows?
body: <p>I've been reading quite a bit about Thrift and it looks like a technology I'd really like to use. I'm having all sorts of trouble building the Windows distribution. I know a patch exists to build a Windows version, however I have not had much luck with this either.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know of a pre-built distribution for Windows?</p>
  
  <p>Or any suggestions on how to get the latest version of Thrift built (without turning my Windows machine into a pseudo *nix box).</p>
  
  <p>Thanks
  Rich</p>