Rich Teer wrote: >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. > > > Strictly in the context of appealing to the masses, I think it is a must.
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