- Added windows stuff

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+++ b/README
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Distributions
 -------------
 
 - scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.tar.gz            Unix distribution
+- scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.zip               Windows distribution
 
 The standard distributions require java 1.4.x or above. If you don't
 know which version of java you have, run the command "java -version".
@@ -20,3 +21,28 @@ Untar the archive. All scala tools are located in the directory "bin".
 
 You may test the distribution by running the script "scala-test"
 located in the subdirectory "share/scala/test/bin".
+
+Install on Windows
+------------------
+
+Unzip the archive. All scala tools are located in the bin
+directory. Before running any of these tools, you must define the
+environment variable SCALA_HOME to point to the home directory of the
+scala distribution.
+
+On Windows 95/98/Me, this can be done by adding the following command
+to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and then rebooting your machine.
+
+set SCALA_HOME=<unzip directory>\scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss
+
+On Windows NT/2000/XP, open the "Control Panel", open the "System"
+applet, select the "Advenced" tab, click on "Environment Variables",
+click on "New..." in the user variable section and enter the following
+informations:
+
+Variable Name : SCALA_HOME
+Variable Value: <unzip directory>\scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss
+
+If you have Administrator privileges, you may install the tools for
+all users of your machine by creating a new system variable instead of
+a new user variable.