On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:52, Bill Burkhardt wrote: > Andrew and All... > > I think a DVD version would be nice, at least for those wanting "it > all" on one disc, but I don't think it would make a very good > economical media version to sell or give away as a distro especially > when the cost of DVD's are at least four times that of CDR's and I > would venture to guess that quite a few people don't have DVD burners > even though the cost of those are dropping and I would think this > would lead to fewer copies being made. > > What I might suggest is a DVD version for those who distribute and or > sell OO.o as a "Master" disc to pick and choose separate > distributions, languages, etc. from. As for myself I think the > Windows distribution is by far the most popular and would be well > enough by its self. One argument for this would be; most popular > Linux distros all include OO.o anyway.
Most currently have stripped the Java capabilities of OO.o. There has been some headway building OO.o with free Java replacements (such as building with gcj) but there is still a long way to go on that path, What this means is that the new database component (Base) probably will not be available with the 2.0 builds from most distros. So there will be a place for a CD containing the Linux build. Major problem is we'll probably need to find a .deb based installer as well, since installing the RPMs on Debian-based systems is still a nightmare. Still, the debs can replace the Solaris installers. Mac OS is another story :) > > But... so Alex... how many versions do you think you would be willing > to create? ;) :P) The real question is how much disk space Stardiv can spare for it. Most likely I'll go for the two CDs - with 2.0 using "native3" installers, I can't use the trick of eliminating redundant files, so the ISOs will be "rippable" without the current problem of drastic increase in size. That will allow individual distributors to modify and merge the individual images. > > Bill... > > On Jul 25, 2005, at 8:52 PM, Marie Fischer wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > Andrew Greig wrote: > >> Rather than try to squeeze all versions onto a DVD, why not > >> keep a copy of The Solaris and Mac install on a single iso, > >> and put the Windows and Linux together on another? > > > > I'd suppport that. > > At the moment, we distribute a single CD with both Windows > > and Linux installs, English and Estonian languages. > > So far, no requests for Solaris or Mac versions. > > > > As I understand, for 2.0 there won't be any seperate localized > > versions, but all supported languages will be included in one > > installer? > > > > DVD is not very popular here, too - we also sell different Linux > > distro discs and the CD versions are much more popular than > > DVDs. I guess part of the reason is that people don't quite trust > > DVD installs yet... > > > > grtz, > > > > -- > > Marie Fischer > > www.konsultant.ee > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: cdrom- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
