Re: [osol-discuss] xntpd and tinker panic value

2011-03-22 Thread Brian Utterback
>>> Regards. >>> ___ >>> opensolaris-discuss mailing list >>> opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org >>> >> >> -- >> Brian Ruthven >> Solaris Network RPE (Sustaining) >> Oracle UK >

Re: [osol-discuss] how to completely kill the process

2011-02-24 Thread Brian Utterback
its parent process id? -- blu Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - Martin Golding -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation.

Re: [osol-discuss] advise on opensolaris version to be used

2011-02-02 Thread Brian Utterback
time actually comes. I would have said the same thing last June about OpenSolaris 2010.06. -- blu Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - Martin Golding --

Re: [osol-discuss] can you help about process?

2011-01-14 Thread Brian Utterback
___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org You could use prstat. -- blu Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. - Martin Golding ---

Re: [osol-discuss] slew in xntpd

2010-12-20 Thread Brian Utterback
ce state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] NetApp and Oracle settle patent dispute over ZFS

2010-09-13 Thread Brian Utterback
a police state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] NetApp and Oracle settle patent dispute over ZFS

2010-09-13 Thread Brian Utterback
if you purchased the patent and do have a product? I believe that Paul Allen falls into category 2, not category 3. Not the classic patent troll. -- blu It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier -

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express

2010-09-08 Thread Brian Utterback
changed their minds but didn't announce it. 3. The original plan was very long term. Number 2 seems the most likely to me. -- blu It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier ---

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express

2010-09-07 Thread Brian Utterback
h better at that historically, so I think you can count on the benefits of the tech being communicated more effectively in the future. -- blu It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier -----

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle sues Google over Java!

2010-08-18 Thread Brian Utterback
police state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle sues Google over Java!

2010-08-17 Thread Brian Utterback
tform. And like MS, they are getting sued because of it. -- blu It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle sues Google over Java!

2010-08-16 Thread Brian Utterback
hat could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier ---| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensol

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle sues Google over Java!

2010-08-16 Thread Brian Utterback
te. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express

2010-08-16 Thread Brian Utterback
Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle sues Google over Java!

2010-08-15 Thread Brian Utterback
Bruce Schneier ---| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] upcoming web event:strategy for Oracle's Sun Servers, Storage and solaris

2010-08-10 Thread Brian Utterback
police state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro, teamwork and being clear

2010-07-23 Thread Brian Utterback
ld technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utter

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Unveils Next Generation Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems

2010-06-28 Thread Brian Utterback
#x27;s bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-3916, Em:brian.utterb...@oracle.com

Re: [osol-discuss] thanks to all who helped choochoo with OSOL & message to Oracle/ Sun

2010-06-17 Thread Brian Utterback
question applies to the whole Open Solaris project, I think. I am not privy to any inside information about the thinking of Oracle management (I wish!), these are just my own thoughts on the subject. -- blu It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to fa

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Software Product Map- opensolaris not included

2010-06-14 Thread Brian Utterback
t's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier -------| Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Oracle Corporation. Ph:603-262-

Re: [osol-discuss] Is it possible to switch GNOME's license from GPL?

2010-06-07 Thread Brian Utterback
OpenSolaris? >>> >> Sure, download the source and build it. Or check the usual >> packaging sites to >> see if someone has already done that and decided to share it. >> >> > > -- blu It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that c

[osol-discuss] Build 129 image-update catch-22

2009-12-16 Thread Brian Utterback
he process is automatic with the package manager and image-update, it seems rather user unfriendly. -- blu It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier -

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] perl broken after upgrading from os2008.11 to os2009.06

2009-10-30 Thread Brian Utterback
Shawn Walker wrote: Brian Utterback wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: If those modules install under /usr/lib/*, yes. If you can have CPAN install and deliver those modules under /usr/local/perl5 ... or perhaps /opt/perl5/locl or some other directory that doesn't belong to an existing pa

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] perl broken after upgrading from os2008.11 to os2009.06

2009-10-30 Thread Brian Utterback
facilitate a police state. - Bruce Schneier ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mail

Re: [osol-discuss] The IBM deal is dead, so...

2009-04-15 Thread Brian Utterback
they want out of the deal? Mark Blackman wrote: On 15 Apr 2009, at 17:02, Brian Utterback wrote: Not so. Whatever SEAM would lose for a low bid, it is still less than they would lose if Sun went bankrupt. You cannot make a statement that it was never going to happen without knowing wha

Re: [osol-discuss] The IBM deal is dead, so...

2009-04-15 Thread Brian Utterback
pt through an earthquake. That's right, he was shaken but not stirred." ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at

Re: [osol-discuss] Nexenta's CEO blogging about 2009, OpenStorage, GPL, CDDL, etc

2009-02-04 Thread Brian Utterback
mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org -- blu "Murderous organizations have increased in size and scope; they are more daring, they are served by the most terrible weapons offered by modern science, and the world is nowadays threatened by new forces which, if recklessl

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] why gnu chmod in os2008.11?

2009-01-16 Thread Brian Utterback
27;solaris classic' is can > probably figure out pretty easily how to get that behaviour after the > install. > > My .02. > -- blu "Murderous organizations have increased in size and scope; they are more daring, they are served by the most terrible weapons offered by m

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] why gnu chmod in os2008.11?

2009-01-16 Thread Brian Utterback
owadays threatened by new forces which, if recklessly unchained, may some day wreak universal destruction." - Arthur Griffith, 1898 ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] why gnu chmod in os2008.11?

2009-01-15 Thread Brian Utterback
ey are more daring, they are served by the most terrible weapons offered by modern science, and the world is nowadays threatened by new forces which, if recklessly unchained, may some day wreak universal destruction." - Arthur Griffith, 1898 -

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Jargon

2008-10-06 Thread Brian Utterback
drew. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know -------

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris equivalents for GNU packages

2008-10-03 Thread Brian Utterback
;delicate sensibilities"? Having your product unwittingly bound by the requirements of the GPL is hardly just a question of "delicate sensibilities". -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know --------

[osol-discuss] What happened to easySMF?

2008-09-27 Thread Brian Utterback
Did I miss a memo? I just went to use easySMF at es.opensolaris.org/easySMF and it isn't there. Is this service no longer offered, or is something broken? Brian Utterback ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris osol-0811-96

2008-09-08 Thread Brian Utterback
-- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know -- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] How Best to Handle

2008-07-31 Thread Brian Utterback
s. I BCC'ed the PSARC list > since it's Sun internal, so handle accordingly. > > Thanks! > Daniel -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know -- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Used IPS, now system won't boot.

2008-06-19 Thread Brian Utterback
as a clue. -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom __

Re: [osol-discuss] Longest uptime?

2008-03-21 Thread Brian Utterback
hat while the end of the Mayan calendar is in less than 5 years, the end of the actual Mayans was 700 years ago, huh? -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know ------ Brian Utterback -

Re: [osol-discuss] Longest uptime?

2008-03-21 Thread Brian Utterback
over to genunix when I get a chance, and people can update it directly. > > Brendan > -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know -- Brian Utterback - Solaris R

Re: [osol-discuss] Any reason to keep my Ultra 10?

2008-02-26 Thread Brian Utterback
devil is in the details, and those details are often unpublished. -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know -- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] OpenSolaris Developer Preview 2 Available

2008-02-25 Thread Brian Utterback
Use Solaris 10 if you want something supported, or SXCE if you want something more modern without the rapid development of Indiana. Also, please remember that you have not seen Indiana yet, it hasn't been released; you have seen a preview of a work in progress.

Re: [osol-discuss] Any reason to keep my Ultra 10?

2008-02-25 Thread Brian Utterback
ng to change this, but that is how matters stand. So, selling to the higher end market results in a greater target markup on already more expensive equipment. The prices are really not out of line, they just seem like it. Brian Utterback ___ opensolari

Re: [osol-discuss] PC rtc 0.5 seconds fast

2008-01-18 Thread Brian Utterback
c, but based on the scale of the graph, it was 55 milliseconds, i.e. .055. -- blu "Mr. Jefferson, build up that wall!" ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterba

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] STAR integration

2007-12-26 Thread Brian Utterback
Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Brian Utterback wrote: > >> Joerg Schilling wrote: >> >> >>> The wish resulted in PSARC 2004/480 and I cannot understand why something >>> that >>> has been decided to be needed now has no people to work o

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] STAR integration

2007-12-20 Thread Brian Utterback
roject might be abandoned. I expect that with OpenSolaris this will become even more common since the project work will be entirely at the whim of unpaid volunteers. Brian Utterback ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] "Indiana" review

2007-12-05 Thread Brian Utterback
to replace your current drive, protect your data from a drive failure or expand your storage capacity?" - Disk management as it should be. -- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] "Indiana" review

2007-12-04 Thread Brian Utterback
e or expand your storage capacity?" - Disk management as it should be. ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] "Indiana" review

2007-12-03 Thread Brian Utterback
your data from a drive failure or expand your storage capacity?" - Disk management as it should be. -- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Teamware history

2007-11-03 Thread Brian Utterback
The earliest mention of Teamware I could find on google-groups was April, 1994. So, it had to be before then. Brian Utterback. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] setting uname reply via dtrace issues

2007-10-08 Thread Brian Utterback
ry: not found repl.d: syntax error at line 5: `(' unexpected joshi{blu}130:; uname -a SunOS joshi 5.11 onnv-gate:2007-07-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R James Carlson wrote: > Brian Utterback writes: >> Something is going wrong with the exec of dtrace. The error you see >

Re: [osol-discuss] setting uname reply via dtrace issues

2007-10-08 Thread Brian Utterback
mericans than Dick Cheney and George Bush. - Gov. Bill Richardson -- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Precision Time Protocol - IEEE 1558-2002

2007-09-21 Thread Brian Utterback
nd vetted through the Directorate for Confusion and Complexity - Kip Hawley, Head of the TSA ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-a

Re: [osol-discuss] The open Microsoft XPS document format ?

2007-08-29 Thread Brian Utterback
s and vetted through the Directorate for Confusion and Complexity - Kip Hawley, Head of the TSA -- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating packages that are not in ON updates

2007-07-30 Thread Brian Utterback
y to do upgrades. > -- blu The #1 red flag for privacy advocates is when a law enforcement official says "If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about." --

Re: [osol-discuss] new to solaris,

2007-07-25 Thread Brian Utterback
tress. -- blu The #1 red flag for privacy advocates is when a law enforcement official says "If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about." ------ Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsyst

Re: [osol-discuss] new to solaris, can you answer some questions please?

2007-07-24 Thread Brian Utterback
ne size fits all solution today is to bury your head in the sand. -- blu The #1 red flag for privacy advocates is when a law enforcement official says "If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about." ---------

[osol-discuss] What is the best way to deliver test bits?

2007-05-27 Thread Brian Utterback
come up with is to save the old bits with a preinstall script and restore them with the postremove script. Is this kosher? Will the pkgadd complain if we install files over files that are already installed? Does anybody have a better idea? Brian Utterback

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: NTP

2007-03-26 Thread Brian Utterback
m call slews the clock in a way that can disrupt NTP time networks. This project seems to remedy those problems and again turn Solaris into a primary NTP deployment and development platform. Project leaders will be Brian Utterback and myself.

[osol-discuss] Re: [laptop-discuss] Re: [osol-code] vote for 6363369

2006-08-09 Thread Brian Utterback
to have a copy. Unless we get an official policy written down somewhere to point at, I would hate to dress down engineers more senior that myself. -- blu Roses are #FF, Violets are #FF. All my base are belong to you. ------ Br