On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 00:09 -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > It appears to me that opensolaris-discuss is becoming > > more and more > > dominated with Solaris installation questions, and > > the OpenSolaris > > content is becoming lost in the noise. Whilst it is > > very nice that > > people are being so helpful, it would seem to me that > > we should either > > be directing people elsewhere (e.g. BigAdmin) or set > > up a new list > > (opensolaris-newbies?) for installation and > > getting-started questions. > > > > What do people think? > > I think that you have a point and that you're right. I also think that the > nature of "opensolaris-discuss" is generic in nature and as such people will > always wonder in as one of their first stops on their Solaris journey. > > Finally, I think that inspite of the annoying and thankless nature of the > "helpdesk situation" we as a community get two very, very important breaks: > > - here is our chance to show that we're a friendly community! Indeed, we > should lead the way and be the standard by which all others are compared in > friendlyness; I believe that friendlyness to newcomers which are genuinely > interested and willing to learn Solaris is one of the great indicators of how > we, as a community, are doing in terms of vitality > > - here is also our chance to amend the confusion and FUD brought over from > the Linux camp; a chance to show people who things are done in a CLEAN, > SCALABLE way and to teach them System V; I firmly believe it's a chance we > should not let pass us by > > - finally, those who know and therefore have should benefit those who don't; > share some of your knowledge and help make the world a better place, a more > educated and cultured place.
You've made some good points - I try to do my bit - when I 'trip over' features in Solaris I plonk them on my blog in a hope that maybe it'll help others; I know a thing or two about UNIX but in terms of the 'Solaris features' I'm very much a beginner. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
