[i]They cannot see that I tried to help them. Like MANY OTHERS.[/i] So true ... !
The analysis of the 6 mistakes looks pretty well done to me. I'd add half of one more, for in here; also w.r.t. the other thread on the success of Linux versus Solaris: Most of the Linux-distros offer a basically working system, from time to time (e.g. once per 6 months). We here didn't have one for close to two years (IMHO, the last SXDE based on nv70 was that last one). That means, I cannot offer/suggest any longer to anyone to install any of the nvXYZ for 'normal use'. Because certain items of daily requirement will not work, and if it is only printing in A4 (I mentioned this twice, and twice it was suggested that I correct the ppd-file - and I do use PostScript, that can be expected to work); only as an example. nwam does not support two interfaces reliably; so no chance to have a 'wired' and a 'wireless' network connected at the same time. Please, take these as examples only!, in order to support my hypothesis. If there was a stable and fully usable version from time to time, it would be much better. Redhat and Debian spring into mind: In regular intervals, we receive a longer-term stable, fully functional version. Development is done in rawhide or Fedora, with intermediate consolidation. As project leader, I have to insist on the consolidation phases from time to time. Only bleeding edge, only inventing, is like over-eating. In the end, after some time, consolidation becomes impossible. Regular feature freezes and bug-hunting are necessities to keep any project on solid ground. I can - somewhat reluctantly - take my Ubuntu-CD and install it in my quest to replace Microsoft in as many as possible PCs; and I'll know that most will be reasonably happy with it. There is no Solaris-version of this quality. OpenSolaris might be more advanced, have more features and more engineering in it; but can simply not be used by Aunt Tilly for her everyday tasks or work. If she experiences a power-outage, she might have to boot to Failsafe and manually update her boot-archive, as example only. The installer still overwrites the existing MBR by default. That's not good. At first boot, after generation of the pairs of keys, the DVD is ejected. This is only cosmetics, but that's no good reason to have it creeping around for a year or longer. I'll take a regular 'stable' at any moment. Throw StarOffice 9 in, for free, and we can go somewhere. My 2 sen, Uwe -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
