Alan DuBoff wrote:
Originally, before Solaris turned into OpenSolaris, and when Sun was adding to
the Companion CD, the idea some in the community had was to build upon it so
we didn't duplicate and add what was not there in hopes that it would
eventually move into the Companion CD through community built software.
The problem with that is since the Companion CD is only updated with new
Solaris releases, you'ld be stuck with whatever the latest version on a
companion CD is. For instance, Blastwave has shipped many newer
versions of things found on the Companion CD for Solaris 8 users since the
last Solaris 8 Companion CD was built several years ago. Blastwave can also
roll out security fixes much faster than "Wait for the next update release
cycle, if there is one."
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-Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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