> > Ian, I am more talking about Solaris 10, Version 11/06, but I have > > also been exposed to more advanced developer versions. The shut down > > feature is not the only difficulty that I am talking about. I am > > talking about identifying such "irritants" for the common man, who is > > the Master by virtue of the fact that he has bought a $500 machine > > with Solaris. > > Why would you be even selling a desktop aimed at a user with Solaris 10 > 11/06? why don't you want till Indiana, which is actually geared to that > market along with support infrastructure by way of telephone and > software updates.
No, I have not decided on Solaris 10 11/16. I have also been exposed to the most recent developer editions. Indiana sounds promising. > > > Che, the reference to the user phoning up the admin to shut down the > > system, is just an expression, a manner of expressing how > > non-technical he could be. In a single user environment, there is no > > system administrator, so the question of the system admin being > > comptent or incompetent does not arise. It should be decided at the > > installation level, before the computer reaches his home. > > > > That is where the challenge is. If GM wanted you to master the complex > > aspects of the valve dynamics and transmission mechanism before it > > qualified you to buy a car, how many cars would it have sold so far ? > > No, but before you drive a car you read, take pratical driving leasons > then you sit a test to get your licence. You just don't simply go out, > purchase a car and drive. Most of those who read and post in this forum are technical people, who are by nature disciplined individuals. You have become what you are by virtue of the fact that there has been a certain upbringing in your lives, there has been discipline, you are guys who read the manuals. But outside your arena are people, who are the ones who buy what you create, who are quite unlike you. People who go indepth on consumer behaviour and do a lot of research on consumers would better understand the attitude that I have described. > > > And to Open Solaris: Complexity is your business, none of my business. > > I, as a user, don't care. I don't want to read. Now, give me a solaris > > computer, easy. > > Why should I gove you a solaris computer that is easy; if you choose not > to read then you, by your lack of action are saying that you're content > with ignorance and content with Windows (or what ever you're running). > I repeat: Most of those who read and post in this forum are technical people, who are by nature disciplined individuals. You have become what you are by virtue of the fact that there has been a certain upbringing in your lives, there has been discipline, you are guys who read the manuals. But outside your arena are people, who are the ones who buy what you create, who are quite unlike you. People who go indepth on consumer behaviour and do a lot of research on consumers would better understand the attitude that I have described. ( And Mathew, that is not me who is so rude, it is the person I am going to sell a Solaris computer that I am building ) This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
