[Openicc] Drop size calibration

[Robert Krawitz]

   Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:44:17 +0000
   From: "Alastair M. Robinson" <blackfive at fakenhamweb.co.uk>

   Gerhard Fuernkranz wrote:

   > I'm just wondering, which OS would run in such an appliance? If it is
   > Linux anyway (as in many if not most available virtual appliances), then
   > they could also offer the Linux software natively for a Linux PC.

   They could indeed - the advantage of the virtual appliance approach
   is simplifying support.  The vendor can "bless" one particular
   mini-distribution, and provide that distro in a virtual appliance,
   with their software pre-installed.  It may be possible - even easy,
   for advanced users - to make it works elsewhere, but the vendor
   need not provide *support* for this, thus making the prospect less
   daunting to the company.

Unless the virtual machine will run on all physical machines, it's not
a particularly good solution.