Hi, Been running OpenSolaris for a while now, a point from a peer who's been running it for a while well worth noting is the fact that many people can't keep up with all the packages online, since the repository images don't change so often it makes sense to have a DVD release doesn't it? There's plenty of Linux users who would rather use a OS with a broad appeal and reputation of a commercial company such as Sun, apart from the fact that it's open source most people see Solaris as a server OS not a desktop OS. OpenSolaris has a desktop appeal that most people don't appreciate due to lack of applications on it's bootable media it just seems to lack applications on the face of it. How do users who want to develop or deploy their applications or concepts
when trying out what Sun has to offer(as you get from Solaris Express Edition) - It's a good thing to have Netbeans, Sunstudio or Eclipse among many other applications in place as you would on a live Linux/BSD DVD. It makes a good impression for many who are interested in adopting OpenSolaris in the first place when there's a thriving social development community for the tools mentioned above which they may use on a different platform. A bootable environment that helps put accross the best possible set of applications. In that case are there any plans for a DVD release for OpenSolaris? All the best, Spencer
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