There just aren't alot of free compilers for windows out there, theres nothing we can do about that. I know some attempts have been made with djgpp and dev-cpp, but they have all failed. The guide right off of
www.everquestserver.com explicitly states you need a compiler, and was written for VS.net (as stated in the guide) , the compiler used by the development team (also VS 6 will work). I'm not sure how much more we can do other than to put flashing H1 letters across the top of the page.
We can only support a limited number of compilers, VS for microsoft and gcc for linux is it.
I would recommend you wait for the binary release, there is one happening very soon. Compiling development code and building the servers from the code up is really intended for people who want to be involved in the development process, not ones that want to just run a server... It requires tools and skills that most general windows users just dont have. Not trying to sound elistest about it, but the point in us releasing development code is for knowledgable programmers to work with us on fixes to the code and what not, and hence it is considered unsupported.