On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 10:49 +1000, Alex Fisher wrote:
> On Monday 03 July 2006 7:24, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> > Alex Fisher wrote:
> [...]
> >
> > Alex, who is your target audience? 
> 
> Any potential user, regardless of what OS they use... Windows users (the 
> majority), Linux users (probably the second largest group), Mac users (the 
> third-largest group). Then there will be those who use Solaris. The majority 
> will be running Solaris on a SPARC box, but there will be some who run it on 
> an Intel box.
> 
> > I assume that it is that group of 
> > individuals who don't have access to a broadband connection, 
> 
> This would probably be the main target. However, there are others who might 
> just have that broadband, but who don't want to download the installer 
> (possibly because of download quotas, or perhaps can't figure out the 
> download site). The idea was to produce a CD (actually two CDs now) which 
> could be used by anyone regardless of what OS they use (the CD is actually 
> modelled on the old Star Office 5.2 CD that Sun used to give away).
> 
> > and if this 
> > is so, are they likely to have multiple operating system requirements?
> 
> Some might (I did in my pre-broadband days).
> >
> > I'm still trying to understand why you are trying to fit this particular
> > quart into a pint pot:-)
> 
> Well, provided I drop one of the platforms, it will all fit. Another 
> alternative is to put the Mac installers on the second CD, but I'm a little 
> reluctant to do that. Installers should be on an "Install Disk), IMO.
> 

Have you removed the Mac/PPC/1.1.5 release? That might be a good choice
to drop. As you know I am attempting to organize a DVD image so this
would not be a factor except for the CD.
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