> Funny isn't it? I with my Solaris/UNIX knowledge can easily figure
out > and use any Linux system, but the same does not hold true the other
> way around. At least not in most cases, as we can clearly see from
> comments and questions here on opensolaris.org.
>
> Hmmm, now why would that be the case?
> Why doesn't the opposite hold true in most cases?
Presumably because Linux is easier to use. And you either are smarter
than the average user or have learned a great deal from using Solaris,
or both.
If I understand correctly, you are saying that a Solaris user can become
a Linux user with ease, but not vice versa. Do you consider this to be
a strength or a weakness of Linux?
Patrick
UNIX admin wrote:
Those places are
Solaris heavy, in my experience.
What does that tell you?
But there are a lot of places that need a system that
someone there knows
how to use a lot more than they need a system that
some sysadmin they don't
have can keep running out to 5 nines. There are a
lot of places that have
developers for whom Linux is the best choice because
that's where they know
how to develop.
Can one really call oneself a developer, if she/he doesn't know the underlying
OS he/she is developing on/for?
A nice new turbo diesel may be a lot better than an
older gasoline engine,
but so help me, I don't have any idea how to change
the oil in one.
Like this: you drain the oil, then unscrew the oil filter, and then screw the
new one on. Ee, wait! That's *exactly* how one does it on a gasoline engine.
Whaddya know?
For users who come from a Linux background for
whatever reason, system
maintenance has a pretty steep learning curve on
Solaris.
Funny isn't it? I with my Solaris/UNIX knowledge can easily figure out and use
any Linux system, but the same does not hold true the other way around. At
least not in most cases, as we can clearly see from comments and questions here
on opensolaris.org.
Hmmm, now why would that be the case?
Why doesn't the opposite hold true in most cases?
My question, though, is that if
Solaris continues to work
for your 'real' sysadmins, what's wrong with it being
accessible and usable
by the 'hackers' too?
Hacking something up in the PoC (Proof of Concept) phase is fine -- that's how
some of the most ingenious things came to see the light of day.
What's not fine, and definitely not OK, is when a hack is released as a
finished product, and when quantity comes before quality.
From what I can tell, both from experience and reading the responses here,
Solaris folks want quality over anything else.
It's most likely one of the biggest reasons they are just that - Solaris users,
and not Linux ones. There's of course another lesson to be learned from that,
only if people that this concerns were willing to learn.
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