On Jan 14, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Douglas Walls wrote: > As to why not bundle all of Sun Studio so it is available in any > distribution > of Solaris, that is a marketing decision or opportunity for which I > do not have > an explanation.
Can someone ask why marketing believes that having a neutered installation of Sun Studio is supposed to be a good thing? Could they be persuaded to change this stance due to the impact of maneuvering around this affect the overall usability and presentation of OpenSolaris? It seems that "because marketing said so" is the local version of Godwin's Law here. /dale