On Friday 06 September 2002 02:29 am, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 21:41, erik wrote: > > If for instance Openoffice is remove from download version no problem to > > get M9.0 into three 650MB CDs. Possible to burn CDs from 650MB burners > > increase market. > > And less download time.... > > Unfortunately OpenOffice is exactly the sort of app that I want on my > CDs. So what you are suggesting is a something I would hate to see > Mandrake do. You don't even have to get anything past the first CD if > you just want a basic system... > > There is a fine line between what's useful and what will be too many CDs > and I want to see how the current situation pans out. The whole reason > why I prefer Mandrake to RedHat is because I don't have to download all > the extra apps I use separately from the distro.
You're absolutely right. Download time is not really relevant here - if you can download 3 650MB CDs, you can download 3 700MB CDs in about the same time. 99% of the burners out there work OK with 700MB media (My old 2x Ricoh burns them just fine, and I can't imagine anything older than that burner), most of the media out there is 700MB, and throwing away essential apps just so that people can burn them on their antique CD burners or cheap old media is pointless. -- -- Igor
