I use Autotools only on *NIX, I would expect that the view is different when you look through the Windows.
Nobody uses autoconf on Windows. On Windows, people use Microsoft Installer or InstallShield. Autoconf is exclusively for UNIX variants (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, SCO UNIX, AIX, etc.)
You couldn't be farer from the truth with that statement. I use autoconf on Windows for most products. I have been since 1998.
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