Thanks maierkom for going where only the bold can be found ;) I agree with you 100% from a Sun VAR perspective, where we are in contact with end-users (admins) and clients all the time.
95% of the people out there doesn't use nearly all of the features contained in Solaris 10+ and as such form their opinion on the basic interface to the OS. 1. Installation !! To be honest, it sucks. Especially moving into the /linux and /windows worlds with the AMD offerings from Sun. These guys like to re-install (sorry), usually chopping and changing various servers (dozens?) from one job to another. Do remember that the volume AMD game are completely different to the E10K SPARC game (client) ... and I take lots of abuse concerning the installation of Solaris 10 (don't even mention CD's). 2. The patch process .. well, I don't mind it honestly. In the old days a couple of big servers patched quickly ... OK, if you have 35 X4100's ... then patching becomes time consuming. I do however feel that Sun are trying to address this with various update/online/automated tools. 3. SMC ... omg. Sorry to say, but feedback from admins I've met are: "$%#%^". I wish someone could rewrite this, giving it some real meat without expecting a server to donate a kidney every time it starts... sorry. Re the "slowlaris" term ... isn't it available under the CDDL, and as such Linux users can apply it to their favorite distro ... "slowbuntu", "slowhat" or "su-so-slow" :) But beware, Sun can turn around and use it for their personal gain ;) Cheers This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
