[zfs-discuss] Re: OT: extremely poor experience with Sun Download
Intending to experiment with ZFS, I have been struggling with what should be a simple download routine. Sun Download Manager leaves a great deal to be desired. In the Online Help for Sun Download Manager there's a section on troubleshooting, but if it causes *anyone* this much trouble http://fuzzy.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/sundownloadmana gercrap/ then it should, surely, be fixed. Sun Download Manager -- a FORCED step in an introduction to downloadable software from Sun -- should be PROBLEM FREE in all circumstances. It gives an extraordinarily poor first impression. If it can't assuredly be fixed, then we should not be forced to use it. (True, I might have ordered rather than downloaded a DVD, but Sun Download Manager has given such a poor impression that right now I'm disinclined to pay.) For trying out zfs, you could always request the free Starter Kit DVD at http://www.opensolaris.org/kits/ which contains the SXCE, Nexenta, Belenix and Schillix distros (all newer than Solaris 10). Beyond that, while I'm sure you're right about that providing a poor first impression, I guess I'm too old to have much sympathy for something taking minutes rather than seconds of attention being a barrier to entry. Yes, the download experience should be vastly improved, but if you let that stop you, I wonder if you're all that interested in the first place. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: OT: extremely poor experience with Sun Download
On 14 Jun 2007, at 12:22, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: I wonder if you're all that interested in the first place. I'm definitely interested but at http://www.sun.com/download/faq.xml#q1 Sun shout (with an exclamation mark) Use the Sun Download Manager (SDM) for all your SDLC downloads! Frankly, I was fairly busy with the thirty-odd steps for what should have been a simple download. So busy with those steps, that I didn't find time to contradict what was being shouted from the FAQ. The other download methods are not obvious. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
[zfs-discuss] Re: OT: extremely poor experience with Sun Download
Intending to experiment with ZFS, I have been struggling with what should be a simple download routine. Sun Download Manager leaves a great deal to be desired. In the Online Help for Sun Download Manager there's a section on troubleshooting, but if it causes *anyone* this much trouble http://fuzzy.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/sundownloadmana gercrap/ then it should, surely, be fixed. Sun Download Manager -- a FORCED step in an introduction to downloadable software from Sun -- should be PROBLEM FREE in all circumstances. It gives an extraordinarily poor first impression. If it can't assuredly be fixed, then we should not be forced to use it. (True, I might have ordered rather than downloaded a DVD, but Sun Download Manager has given such a poor impression that right now I'm disinclined to pay.) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu ss Sun Download Manager, the split file downloads, and their download tracking system (you can't download a file more than once per session, WTF?) are all relics of the past. Sun would be served well by joining the rest of the internet in the present day where people download files from simple http mirrors using existing software on their computer. I'd love for these comments to make it to the right people, but who knows how to make that happen. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
