I fail to see what's wrong with downloading a system level - supposed to be invisible - application and ending up with a free word processor.
I put my car in for an oil change last week and it came back as a boat. I was chuffed. On Nov 11, 12:40 pm, Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also noticed when downloading update 10 for instance > fromhttp://www.java.com/en/download/you get the installer to Open Office > thrown in:http://82.103.135.236/open-office-installer-wtf.png > > It is not just about the download size, it's also the mental overhead. > Sometimes I wonder whether Sun ever tried guiding a customer over the > phone, these bundles simply do not help the perception of Java. > > /Casper > > On Nov 11, 2:23 am, Joshua Marinacci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The addons to not increase the download size unless you choose the > > extra install. With the kernel the minimum install is greatly reduced > > from the previous JRE installs. > > > - Josh, on the go > > > On Nov 10, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Michael Neale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Subject says it all ;) > > > > We can only hope that over time that Sun's java distros are replaced > > > with OpenJDK built ones even for the desktop. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
