On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Uwe Dippel <udip...@gmail.com> wrote: > [i]They cannot see that I tried to help them. > Like MANY OTHERS.[/i] > > So true ... ! > > The analysis of the 6 mistakes looks pretty well done to me. > I'd add half of one more, for in here; also w.r.t. the other thread on the > success of Linux versus Solaris: > Most of the Linux-distros offer a basically working system, from time to time > (e.g. once per 6 months). > We here didn't have one for close to two years (IMHO, the last SXDE based on > nv70 was that last one). That means, I cannot offer/suggest any longer to > anyone to install any of the nvXYZ for 'normal use'. Because certain items of > daily requirement will not work, and if it is only printing in A4 (I > mentioned this twice, and twice it was suggested that I correct the ppd-file > - and I do use PostScript, that can be expected to work); only as an example. > nwam does not support two interfaces reliably; so no chance to have a 'wired' > and a 'wireless' network connected at the same time. > Please, take these as examples only!, in order to support my hypothesis. If > there was a stable and fully usable version from time to time, it would be > much better. Redhat and Debian spring into mind: In regular intervals, we > receive a longer-term stable, fully functional version. Development is done > in rawhide or Fedora, with intermediate consolidation. As project leader, I > have to insist on the consolidation phases from time to time. Only bleeding > edge, only inventing, is like over-eating. In the end, after some time, > consolidation becomes impossible. Regular feature freezes and bug-hunting are > necessities to keep any project on solid ground. > > I can - somewhat reluctantly - take my Ubuntu-CD and install it in my quest > to replace Microsoft in as many as possible PCs; and I'll know that most will > be reasonably happy with it. There is no Solaris-version of this quality. > OpenSolaris might be more advanced, have more features and more engineering > in it; but can simply not be used by Aunt Tilly for her everyday tasks or > work. If she experiences a power-outage, she might have to boot to Failsafe > and manually update her boot-archive, as example only. The installer still > overwrites the existing MBR by default. That's not good. At first boot, after > generation of the pairs of keys, the DVD is ejected. This is only cosmetics, > but that's no good reason to have it creeping around for a year or longer. > I'll take a regular 'stable' at any moment. Throw StarOffice 9 in, for free, > and we can go somewhere. > > My 2 sen, > > Uwe
I don't agree with everything, but some truth is in it (no time now, only in a hurry). IMO they lay-off too many good engineers (having the remaining engineers burning out), and not enough useless overpaid management. There doesn't seem to be a _functioning_ hierarchy in Sun's structure. One group does this, another that, nobody is responsible, nobody has a clue of an OVERSIGHT. Maybe what Sun needs is some real central government policy, _one_ direction (rather than 360 degrees) and sombody who enforces the (non-existant, but maybe then) BUSINESS MODEL PLAN. Remove the ineffective overpaid padding, build on the engineer's substance, LEAD ALL INTO THE SAME DIRECTION. rgds. %martin _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
