> Hi > > I created this blog entry > http://uadmin.blogspot.com/2006/08/day-in-life-of-solaris-11-admin.html > > it gives a look at the day of an OpenSolaris admin, in the future, if > you are bored, or need an anwser to "why use opensolaris for a server > OS rather than Linux." So enjoy feedback and comments are always > welcome. >
I recall a Star Trek episode ( STNG in fact ) in which the venerable Scotty tells the engineer of the new Enterprise that star ship captains always expect a miracle and they want it right away. Never tell a captain how long it will _really_ take to do a job or they lose all respect for you. At a customer site and inside most corporate america trenches today you will find that the work ethic is fairly perverted. The IT manager will never remember the time that you saved them money or time or when you were in the server room for 36 hours straight because some sales wonk needed all of his data restored from tapes going back 2 years. Or far worse, you were stuck working on a Microsoft Exchange server migration because the impossibly stupid grey haired management felt it was the best way to go despite the fact that your existing email system has worked flawlessly for seven years. No Sir. You pull off the kind of miracles that you describe and you will be absolutely crucified the first time that you can't recover the data from the lost floppy under the desk of some saleswonk because you were awake for forty hours straight trying to get Microsoft support to resurrect the Exchange server. Real life experience is talking here. Dennis Clarke _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
