I think that the truly outstanding features of Solaris are its administration and its patch "cluster" delivery system.
I am not the worlds most experienced Solais admin, but, as our servers to not run graphical interfaces, I am used to working from the command line. There is a certain wonderful simplicity to using text based configuration files and shell scripts for basic system management. On the other hand, for all of the Solaris admin books out there, there are few good ones (forget Janice Winsor). If you need one, try UNIX System Administration Handbook 3rd Ed by Evi Nemeth (0130206016). Cary At 04:10 PM 5/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > > I loathe Solaris and anybody associated with its creation > > > and distribution. I'm not suprised that they're hard to > > > come by. I'm trying so hard to convince my bosses to at > > > least move over to Linux. > > > >Out of curiosity, what do you dislike about Solaris that you like better in > >Linux? > > > >To be perfectly honest with you, I dislike them both. I'm a Windows fan >myself, and, thus, have a stronger background and much more experience in >that environment. In a perfect world, I'd be pushing my boss to move over >into a Win2K environment, but neither he nor our superiors will hear of it >(whether it be reasonable or not). > >The one thing that came to mind when I wrote that e-mail was that the Linux >companies have always made patches and other updates both readily available >and easy to install. While "easy to install" is subject to interpretation >based on your skill set, I'd rather be focusing on other tasks such as >advancing my CF and SQL skills rather than on my ability to hunt down and >install the latest patches for Solaris, some of which are a huge pain in the >ass to install. > >My frustration with Solaris lies in that it is very time consuming to >customize. While recognizing that you could (and to a certain extent, >should) spend countless hours trying to customize any environment, Windows >included, it just takes way too long to set up a Solaris box to the point >where its not only working (functional), but also customized at a basic >level where its usable. > >Again though, I want to make it clear I am by no means a seasoned Solaris >sys admin, and there are sure to be many out there who could respond to this >all and say "I can have one up in 15 minutes, you just don't know what >you're doing." And to a certain extent, that's fair. > >But, again, and to answer your question, I just find that the ability to >accomplish administrative tasks in Linux environment is much easier than a >Solaris environment, and thus allows me to focus on more critical aspects on >my job (i.e., architecting apps and coding). > >Regards, >Dave. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
