Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Actually, even with broadband connections, making CD/DVD iso images available is 'bout the only way to get a Linux/Windows user interested in trying out Solaris.
I have seen quite a few people made the transition from Windows to Linux, but I don't recall seeing any Windows user who began the Win-to-Linux transition by downloading the Linux isos. Typically, s/he would get a set of Linux iso images from one of his/her friends, or from a commercial Linux book, without having to first go the tedious downloading/burning process. I want to give you an example of what an arduous process a Solaris wannabe has to go through before s/he is able to even see the installation boot screen. It took me a couple of hours to download the 6 zipped Solaris10U2 dvd iso images, do the md5sum, unzip them, and then another md5sum. Since I was afraid to remove the zipped isos before the final checksum, I ran out of the allocated hard disk space during the unzipping process. I was so exhausted at the end that it took me two weeks to squeeze enough adrenalin to cat all the five iso images into a DVD iso and burn it. No one was pre-warned that you should have available about 15 GB of free HD space b/f you began downloading the DVD isos. I think the OpenSolaris starter kit is a critical first step in spreading the Solaris gospel. Plse let me know if you need someone to test it before final production. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
