> Initially Linux was not suitable for Enterprise > deployments, but as > time goes on Linux is acceptable, for more and more > tasks. (Many times > being the best choice).
One picks Linux "as the best choice" only if one doesn't know what one is doing. It is as simple as that. A real system engineer will have an engineered, standard run time platform to run those tasks on, and can and will have prepackaged and preconfigured Solaris packages, turning them into components that can be deployed and running on a whim, non-interactively, without ever so much as logging into a system. It's called system engineering. Everything else is called hacking. People engaging in the latter are not fit to run the shop, and should consequently be denied employment, lest the IT organization turns into "break-fix" "I don't know what he did and we don't know where he's gone off to" mode. > Maybe, instead of thinking about making Solaris more > Linux like, we > need to think of making Solaris suitable to a wider > range of tasks. > (Actually making it the most useful choice) Solaris is currently (21st century) the most suitable platform for any enterprise task. No ifs, buts, or maybes. It might not be "clicky-bunty" like Linux, but a real IT/CS professional never needed or used "clicky-bunty" tools to begin with. And if I read about people running Linux for enterprise workloads and complaining about lack of "clicky-bunty" in Solaris, I have to ask: are we talking about IT professionals here, or just plain Joe Sixpacks? This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
