On Sunday 28 May 2006 09:08 am, Rich Teer wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2006, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
> > > Cheers. (from the patio at my parent's house using VPN over wifi;-)
> >
> > Which is nice, but the fact is, thats server software - I'm refering
> > to workstation software.
>
> Exactly how is wifi "server software"?
Rich,
Simple. It's server software, because the OS it's running on is a server
capable OS, so anything running on it therefore must be server
software.<wink>
I was referring to the list of software he spealled off, which included Oracle - is Oracle a desktop application?
> > I want to see Solaris improve, but at the same time, its a painful
> > experience using it as a desktop.
>
> Speak for yourself. I'm very comfortable using Solaris as my desktop.
I agree, and was pointing out how it is more of a desktop today than it ever
has been. I was in a conversation with another Sun engineer not long ago, and
pondering what we could do better. Sun has the software, Sun has the
hardware. All they have to do is learn how to market it.;-)
Comparing Solaris to Solaris is easy, start comparing it to the setup I have here; FreeBSD + KDE 3.5.2 + Amarok - I can play my music, sync my iPod, surf the internet, compile application after application without asingle hickup, KOffice, and office suite that doesn't take several ice ages to load, and most importantly, its teh snappy under a load - which Solaris seems to fail to accomplish - have something compiling on Solaris, and the whole user interface goes gooey and slow.
Matty
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