Today, Frank Warmerdam announced new release of his FWTools 1.0.5. Full announcement can be found in FWTools mailing list archives, here.
What’s new in the FWTools 1.0.5?
Bug fixes and new features
Enabled MrSID support (on Windows) by default, as opposed to as a plugin.
Next FWTools releases should also bring MrSID support for Linux users.
FWTools is a set of Open Source GIS binaries for Windows and Linux systems produced by Frank Warmerdam.