> > Rolling out updates can be a lot easier (in my
> > experience) on Linux systems -- it may be that it
> got
> > that way because they needed more updating, but it
> > doesn't change that it's better.
> 
> I guess that would depend on one's idea of
> productivity. To me, it's a waste of my time and
> resources to go and "update" system-by-system
> piecemeal. I'd much rather produce a next Solaris
> Flash(TM) build or run an upgrade and bring hundreds
> or even thousands of systems to exactly the same
> system state all at the same time.
> I would think that even you couldn't argue with the
> shere, brute force speed of that.

That is fine for installation of new OS. I do not see
how that would beat thousands of systems grabbing the
latest package, updating and then continue to run as
normal whereas flar would require those systems to
reboot for a mere update.

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