Dear Ian Collins, > This isn't the place to discuss the shortcomings of Solaris 10, many of > these have been addressed in Solaris Express and other OpenSolaris based > distributions. Let the past rest and look to the future.
I have seen looked at developer editions, some of the most recent versions of it, some of the shortcomings that I had specifically mentioned might have been resolved, but the essence of what I am talking about is better understood by actually using Mac or Windows Vista. ( this is with a PURPOSE, use windows or mac, suspending all your technical background, imagine that you are dumb and use Windows or Mac ) > > I have been trialling Solaris Express with an uncommon woman, a far more > fickle user than your common man. The only thing preventing her > adopting Solaris as her exclusive desktop is some windows only > software. The main reason she and a number of other in bunt terms, > computer illiterate, users want to to use an alternative desktop is the > volume of malware directed at windows. They don't really care what > their PC runs, they just want something reliable and safe to read their > mail, pay their bills and write the occasional letter. That is very very interesting. But is she finding it easy to upgrade a browser ? Does she like the idea of downloading the update and following the command line routine of pkgadd etc. ? No, I am not so much comfortable with Solaris 10,. I might go along with Indiana. Sivasubramanian. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
