--- Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/04/07, Chung Hang Christopher Chan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Most of your confusion seems to stem around not > > > understanding the > > > updates are handled differently for the > Community > > > and Developer > > > releases of Solaris than the "official" release. > > > > Thanks Shawn. I was trying to point that the > current > > methods available do not fly against what is > available > > elsewhere. This is not a case of doing it the > linux > > way...it is a case of doing it in a way that is > > practical and manageable. > > People have been managing quite fine for years, so I > think your > definition of practical and mangeable must differ > quite a bit from > what others define.
I guess. > > > > The official release has an update manager that > > > provides new driver, > > > fixes, patches, etc. The Community and Developer > > > releases do not; if > > > you want to upgrade with those, you use the > upgrade > > > functionality > > > provided by the installer with each new release. > > > > > > > So Open Solaris/Solaris 10 is not quite ready for > > production then? I guess it is hard to > > You are confused. Solaris 10 is an "official" > release of Solaris, and > has the update manager I mentioned. It is quite > ready for production, > is in production, and is used by companies everyday > that depend on it > for mission critical applications. Of course it is. > > The *testing* releases such as Solaris Express > Developer / Community > Edition, are not officially intended for production > though many people > find they are more than stable enough to use in > production. That 'many' might be limited to Solaris old hands. > > > tell...unsupported version don't have the tools, > > supported version has tools but I am not sure that > > they are quite what I would want to manage > clusters of > > boxes or maybe even a single box if i am > paranoid... > > I encourage you to read up more on Sun Connection > about the tools that > adminsitrators have for managing updates: > > "Sun Connection is a Solaris and Linux life cycle > management tool that > allows customers to provision new systems, manage > their updates and > configuration changes, and eventually re-deploy > systems for new > purpose." > http://www.sun.com/service/sunconnection/index.jsp Yes yes. Put up the money and we will do whatever you wish. > > > What is open solaris' goal I wonder...to be > everywhere > > on servers...desktops...or ??? > > I encourage you to read the General FAQ on the > OpenSolaris.org website > to learn more and have a better understanding of > what OpenSolaris and > Solaris is and the differences between them: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/general_faq/#whatis Focus is on attracting developers. Not users. Ah. Here in Hong Kong there is a major problem in Linux adoption. The problem? The streets are full of MCSE's but you can only find a handful of real Linux professionals. Companies don't even consider Linux for their operations even though it is free, stable enough to be left alone for months and comes with lots of software with the same conditions for most of their processes. So much for free as in beer. I hope Sun Microsystems gets what it wants from Open Solaris. Redhat's focus in Hong Kong and probably China is training at the moment because they cannot even get their foot in the door unless they can leave someone behind the door after they leave. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
