On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > >> Glenn Lagasse wrote: >>> AI is different, intentionally so. Among other things, we're >>> actually >>> trying to improve automated installation of OpenSolaris. >> >> Agree that AI, IPS, and lots of things going forward are much better. > > I have no proof that AI will be better than jumpstart; the people > designing don't even know how people use jumpstart. The AI documents > alone are a proof of that. This is all sounds like designing from an > ivory tower. if you have not installed 100s of systems with > jumpstart, > and run those systems in production (i.e., it wasn't some lab > exercise at > Sun), then you're probably not the right person to redesign jumpstart. >
Casper, Bluntly, that's simply incorrect. There is ample knowledge of how people use Jumpstart--and what does and doesn't work there. There's also a willingness to step back and make sure that we're solving the correct problem, and that problem is not "how is it done currently in Jumpstart". The "let's build on what people currently do" approach didn't get us to dTrace, ZFS, or (at least in the case of Solaris) IPS, and isn't the obvious right answer for AI either. It may end up being the right answer, but if we don't ask that question, we don't know. Would you like to be part of the solution, or just make more rude comments about my team? I'd suggest the former as a more productive use of everyone's time. Please let me know if you have questions or need more information. Thanks, Eric -- Eric J. Ray Senior Software Engineering Manager Solaris Install Sun Microsystems 303-223-7843 (direct)/x81067 eric.ray at sun.com
