UNIX admin wrote:
The problem here is not that Solaris can't deliver or doesn't have the
functionality Linux has. Oh, it has the functionality and then some! In fact,
it had this advanced functionality for years and years and years.
The real problem is, people just don't want to sit down, warm up the chair, and read the
documentation. It's gets worse than that: people don't stop and ask themselves "hey,
does an equivalent already exist in System V or Solaris? What is it? Where can I read up
on it?"
I agree with you here to a point, but I don't think you're taking the
problem far enough. Solaris has lots of cool features, great
functionality and can do most of what your standard linux distribution
can, as well as quite a bit more.....
Now, the real problem in my eyes is that:
1. Documentation is a major pain in the ass to find. Outside of man
pages and the occasional Sun engineer blog entry, there seems to be no
decent documentation. In fact, most people admit that the "Solaris 10"
books that are currently out, are simply Solaris 9 books with a new
cover. How is a user who asks "is there a equivalent" supposed to
actually find out if it exists?
2. Ease of use .... Now, I know that most of you old school UNIX guys
laugh at this, but usability is important. You've tuned me into a cool
way to do something along the lines of USE flags in Solaris, but it sure
sounds like it's not gonna be easy. Using Ubuntu for an example, the
reason it's become so popular so fast is not at all because it's
superior. In fact, I can't stand quite a few things about it. It's
become so popular so fast, because it's *EASY*. Without ease of use, no
matter how awsome the feature set is, you're just gonna end up being the
thing people use only when they absolutely have to.
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