John, > I wonder if it is perhaps because the primary users of OpenSolaris at this > point are system administrators ( who are paid by their various employers > specifically to understand the system and diagnose problems ) and the people > who write the thing.
One could argue that the primary "users" of any operating environment are empirically the system administrators; as they use the OE and OE tools to manage the environment (including development tools). Developers, for example, use a subset of the tools available to achieve development-oriented aims. OTOH I am not certain how many sysadmins are actually paid to manage OpenSolaris Production environments... > There's also the matter that OpenSolaris is a system in and of itself, and > all the parts are built together ( contrasted with GNU/Linux, where every > little piece is made by someone else, and it all fits together with > proverbial duct-tape and staples ) Agreed. There is indeed a great diversity of projects within the OpenSolaris arena, yet an underlying cohesion is present within OpenSolaris that Linux certainly lacks. This is one of the great strengths of OpenSolaris. Regards... Sean. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
