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     "The introduction to the International Components for Unicode with instructions on building, installation, usage and other information about ICU." />
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     <h1>International Components for Unicode<br/>
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     <ul>
       <li>Microsoft Windows</li>
 
-      <li>Microsoft Visual C++</li>
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-      <li><a href="#HowToBuildCygwin">Cygwin</a> is required when other versions
-      of Microsoft Visual C++ and other compilers are used to build ICU.</li>
+      <li>Microsoft Visual C++ (see the ICU download page for the currently compatible version)</li>
+      
+      <li>NOTE: <a href="#HowToBuildCygwin">Cygwin</a> is required if using a version of MSVC other than the one
+      compatible with the supplied project files or if other compilers are used to build ICU. (e.g. GCC)</li>
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     <p>The steps are:</p>
