> I'm not specifically asking > for a Solaris port of linux Nero. I'm asking for > a well designed GUI for burning CD/DVDs.. if Nero > *were* to be ported, it would be a great > choice.<br><br>I'm a Campus ambassador for SUN, > and spread awareness about Solaris and other SUN > technologies on campus. It is _essential_ that there > are good replacements to everyday tools that students > use on Windows.
Why is that essential? I believe that the point is to bring up the next generation of system and kernel engineers and computer *scientists*, not bring up a next generation of plants and vegetables. There are enough of those in the world already, more than enough in fact. If you just want to push Solaris to compete with Windows, then you need more engineers to produce a MacOS X desktop equivalent on Solaris, be that via GNOME/JDS, KDE, Compiz or by means of whichever vehicle necessary to get to that point. Then Solaris will be able to compete in consumer grade space. And in that space, nobody cares what's "under the hood". That's exactly what makes it *consumer grade*. > PS : with regard to > the doomsday like scenario you've outlined when > all of today's engineers fade away.. well it is > dramatic and all, but not really how I'd expect > things to turn up. The command line tools will > certainly remain, and will be used by those with who > want the specific uses, but the use of these tools is > to get work done, and if GUIs can do that, why not? Because a GUI is *useless* for any kind of serious deployment and work. And this especially concerns huge, geographically distributed, Lights Out Management farms. Lights Out Management modules, Remote Site Managers, or Console Management Switches are irreplaceable in such environments; there is no place for pretty clicky-bunty toys there, and the whole "pretty pictures GUI" concept collapses in an instant anyway. In other words, it's not consumer grade, nor can consumer-grade stuff touch any of that. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
