MC wrote:
>> OpenSolaris 2008.5 is downright broken as a development platform
>>     
>
> If someone outside this list is saying that (they are) then people here 
> should be listening.
>
> I suggest a package that reconfigures the system as a development platform, 
> and an iso that comes as a development platform by default.  Swap some of the 
> office productivity apps for software development apps.  This is the CD I 
> would give university students...
>   

What office productivity apps?  OpenOffice is not included.
As many of us have often stated, the goal of putting everything
on a CD instead of a DVD forces these sorts of trade-offs.
Personally, I'd like a version that was suited for a DVD which
would include the things currently in SXCE, such as complete
development environments and StarOffice.  Some day, it will
come...  Meanwhile, I see many people staying with SXCE
for these reasons.

For the people who insist on CDs, you can easily add openoffice
or the development environment using the package manager, as
long as you have plenty of network bandwidth.
 -- richard

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