On Monday 03 July 2006 23:06, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > 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?
Quite some time ago actually. Currently, I have Windows, Linux, Mac (both Intel and PPC), and Solaris SPARC. This results in an image of 675.9 MB. > 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. A DVD will eventually have to be made. I might go as far as doing it this release. Probably have two top level directories (Install and Extras), the sub-directories would essentially be the current Install and Extras disks. -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
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