>From a programmer's or power user's point of view, James and Sebastion are
totally right.
But from a marketing/PR point of view, I argue that the 'Standard/Lite'
convention makes more sense.
I'd appreciate a ruling from the project admins on this one.
Cheers
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "james rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 7:04 AM
Subject: [freenet-devl] Re: Windows distribution naming
> > > I really don't like the wording 'lite' and 'standard'. IMHO 'standard'
> > should be without Java and something
> > > like 'complete' for the Java including part.
> >
> > I must debate this one.
>
> I agree 100% with Sebastian. Calling the distribution with the JRE
included
> 'Standard' will cause people to download that version unnecessarily,
wasting
> lots of bandwith in the process (the JRE is, what, ~5mb?). Why not
Freenet
> 'stand alone' (or 'without Java') and 'with Java'? You could include some
> instructional text a la 'If unsure, download the version with Java'.
> Verbosity is our friend, here.
>
>
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