Strange Folders Appear in Root Directory

After a clean install of 10.5 on a MacBook and MacBook Pro, and then applying all of the Software Update recommended updates, I'm noticing some strange folders appear in my root directory.
On the MacBook Pro, I now have a Developer folder with Applet Launcher and Jar Bundler inside. Obviously, these are Java tools, but I'm not sure what installed them. I do not have any developer tools installed on this machine.
On the MacBook, I'm seeing links to the Unix directories bin, sbin, etc, and so forth in the root folder. Again, not sure how they got there, or what app may have created them.
Both the MacBook Pro and MacBook have essentially the same applications and updates applied, so I'm at a loss as to why there's the inconsistency.
Thanks,
JKG

Something went awry during the installation that has made some invisible items visible. The following outlines how to fix the problem. It's a bit complicated:
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Insert your Leopard DVD into the optical drive. Select Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu and enter:
/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/
Click on the Go button. Locate the OSInstall.pkg file and drag it to the Pacifist window. Click on the Resources tab in the Pacifist list window. Open the Scripts folder and locate the hidden_MacOS9 file and click on the Extract to icon in the Pacifist toolbar. I would extract it the the /usr/sbin/ directory. Now Open the Tools folder and locate the SetHidden command. Select it and click on the Extract to icon in the Pacifist toolbar. Extract it also to the /usr/sbin/ directory.
Now you can quit Pacifist. Open the Terminal app in your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following commands pressing RETURN after each:
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