From: Adam 

Geo wrote:
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
> message news:44b64a47{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> so that's 100. Gee. I was talking about having 20 text editors alone.
>> 100 is sod all.
>
> On a 700mb CD, 100 applications would be 7mb each. It doesn't really matter
> how you look at it, 700mb is 700mb of code whether it's OS or apps or
> whatever. Ok maybe compression ratios may make a slight difference but it's
> still only 1 CD.
>
> Geo.
>
>


Yup but it's a matter of whether you install 700 mb's worth & indeed
what makes up that 700mb

e.g. Oracle alone would take up a large chunk of that 700 mb were one to be
install that & then you might end up with a basic machine (e.g. ssh,
tcp services (iptables etc) a kernel & Oracle. That might mean in
essence you have a fairly small number of apps for 700 mb.

Adam

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