> > >> but I admit I don't know the technical reasons why > we have > >> the requirements we have today to begin with. > > > > Because responsible folks don't listen to Moinak > Ghosh's Belenix > > minimize_Grub_bootImage - approach? > > The primary requirements are internationalization > (only easy for > western alphabets without a gui) and accessibility > (significantly > more difficult to near-impossible in a non-gui > environment) > > In order to sell a product to the US govt, companies > have to follow > the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which > pulls in the section > 508 statute: > > http://www.section508.gov/
Are you implying that the installer is bloated because it has to support people with disabilities? At least, that's what it seems to me that you're implying, which doesn't make any sense. Slightly off topic, but since you mentioned the disabilities act, doesn't the U.S. government use Linux as well? And I haven't noticed that the RedHat installer provides anything special for people with disabilities. So how's come RedHat gets their foot in the door and doesn't get busted by the federal government? Nevertheless, that all does not explain why the installer has to be bloatware, and why it would have to be in Java. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
