On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 15:19 -0700, David Powell wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:45:35AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: > > Don't you think using Java for this kind of things a bit of overhead? > > Its not like this app will be running on OSX or Windows.. why bother > > with Java then? > > We actually think it would be really valuable for people to be able > to configure an OpenSolaris box from another machine using the same > interface they're accustomed to using on console. You could > accomplish this with a web-based interface, but that'd be pretty > unfriendly to the original desktop user.
Why not just to use VNC or similar simple stuff for that matter? > > Besides to do simple management thingy natively you need > > an extra layer, like JNI... I don't think its the right way to go > > frankly... :-) > > Have you ever tried using libscf? Some sort of layer is needed; > making it a Java layer means it's useful to a much broader audience. > > We actually have two layers: a set of SMF classes, and a layer of > JMX. This means other management tools can theoretically plug into > what we've done without a lot of additional effort (more importantly, > without needing to duplicate work we've already done). > > (All of this is covered on the Visual Panels page, BTW.) If Java would be a part of ON, than it would probably will make sense. Until that time, I'm not sure it fits nicely. IMO -- Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
