On Sun, 21 May 2006, Ian Collins wrote: > Matthew Gardiner wrote: > > >Isn't that SUN's job of writing software for their operating system - or > >have > >I fallen off the Apple bandwagon, and expecting too much from a > >software/hardware vendor?
Neither. It's no longer soley SUn's job. If people want a GUI to admin ZFS (and I have no idea why--it's so simple!), they are quite free to write one! Solaris is, after all, open source now. > Experienced UNIX users shun GUI applications in favour of the more > flexible and scriptable CLI, but if OpenSolaris is to appeal to the > masses (read those weaned on windows) a decent GUI is a must. Dunno about "a must", but certainly highly desirable. -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
