On Saturday 07 July 2007 09:27, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > Michael Löffler wrote on opensuse-announce: > > Hi, > > > > the survey we did on proprietary software can be found here: > > http://en.opensuse.org/UX#Surveys > > > > It shows that we ship on the media some software which is hardly used > > (e.g. PlanMaker, SEPsesam etc.). Software which is hardly used we don't > > neet to ship on our media. Therfor my suggestion is to drop some software > > totally and offer some software only via ftp. To be discussed on > > opensuse-project. > > > > Best > > Michael > > > > PS: The question on TexLive was confusing. TexLive is open source but we > > wanted to know the use of it as it needs meanwhile so much space. > > So, Michael and myself *propose* the following actions: > > * Remove ARCAD completely since it does not work at all on x86-64 (see > bug #248873)
It has also problem to recognize that it runs on dual screen which is, for the type of program, serious problem. > * Offer software that reached either > 80% on "Never" or less than 15 % > on "Often" + "Very often" only via *ftp* with 10.3. The following > software would be affected: > Planmaker > SEPsesam > > TeXlive > > Moneyplex falls also under this role, due to its usecase we suggest to > leave it on the media. > > What do you think? > > Andreas I would bring up again idea to create add on media or FTP snapshot. Add on can go with retail version and/or media that one can order separately online, FTP snapshot as online order only. It shouldn't be big problem to create media after online purchase. Many companies that produce small series of software use burners to produce media after customer order is confirmed. I don't know price details, but it shouldn't be big problem for SUSE too. The effort to squeeze as much as possible on limited media has it's cost too. -- Regards, Rajko. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
