2008/6/20 Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us>: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Shawn Walker wrote: > >> What's interesting about this is the most frequent comment I see about >> the look of OpenSolaris 2008.05 is how nice it is compared to other >> distributions. > > Wall Street banking is a high-profile market that Sun has been in for many > years. In this case Solaris is used as an enterprise desktop rather than > only a server backend. I think that it is wise to listen to such users and > make it very easy to obtain something which works similar to what they had > before with maximum reliability. Without providing for a smooth transition, > this precious customer base could be lost to Microsoft Windows or some other > OS provider. Solaris is an enterprise OS and the desktop should be able to > satisfy enterprise users as well. > > Enterprise users are typically more interested in stability and > configurability, and less interested in features.
At the same time, Sun obviously has to and wants to expand their market beyond that set of users. So appealing to users of other operating systems and tastes is just as important. Regardless, I trust they'll make the right decision. -- Shawn Walker
