Fredrich, nobody forces you to use linux-friendly solutions. What I was trying to say is to give a _choice_ (yes, a choice !) for linux users whether they want to have more familiar environment or not. If you (or me or any other Solaris user) don't want to use linux-friendly environment we can just answer "No" while being asked.
So I don't want to force anybody to use linux- or non-linux- environments - I just would like to have a choice. In fact I don't need a choice. But if we want to attract linux users it would be wise to give them choice. Regards Przemek On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 09:32:39AM -0400, Fredrich Maney wrote: > I forgot to include the list in my original reply to Przemyslaw. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Fredrich Maney <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:31 AM > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Re: Oracle 10g on OpenSolaris (Solaris 5.11) > To: [email protected] > > > Przemyslaw, > > No one has made that statement. > > The decision to give the GNU userland precedence by default over the > traditional Solaris userland has repeatedly been justified as making > OpenSolaris more Linux-friendly in an attempt to attract Linux users. > This goal - attracting more Linux users - is also behind the emphasis > on making everything GUI/Wizard based from what I can tell. > > The point I was trying to make is that many of the decisions that have > been made in order to chase this pipedream (getting a Linux user to > convert to *anything* that doesn't use the GPL is like trying to > convince someone at Jonestown to not drink the Kool-Aid), have broken > Solaris in the server/datacenter/enterprise world. I strongly believe > that chasing desktop/single instance users at the expense of the > server/enterprise users is an even more stupid decision than the way > that Sun treated Solaris x86 for years. > > To put it *very* bluntly, if I can not install OpenSolaris with a > customized/minimized build over the network via a serial or LOM > connection on hundreds of systems at time in an automated, hands-off > way that leaves me a system configured the way I want/need it after > the very first reboot without having to do further configuration when > the system comes up, then I'm not interested in running OpenSolaris. I > do not think I am alone in that regard. > > fpsm > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:34:28AM -0400, Fredrich Maney wrote: > >> I will concur. The single most important issue to me with regards to > >> installing a system is that I be able to do it automatically and > >> remotely. > >> > >> I have quite literally installed thousands of Solaris instances on > >> dozens of hardware platforms - less than a hundred have been > >> interactively and probably fewer than 2 dozen have been on systems > >> with a graphics card installed. Making me jump through additional > >> (unnecessary) hoops after installation to fix a broken environment > >> just to make it more "linux-friendly" is not going to make me very > >> interested in using OpenSolaris - if I wanted to use Linux, I'd use > >> Linux. > > > > It is beyond me or maybe I don't understand English but ... > > who said that asking about your habits is equal to installing Linux ? > > Can anybody explain me that ? > > > > Regards > > Przemyslaw Bak (przemol) > > -- > > http://przemol.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Odstraszacz Komarow! > > Sciagnij >> http://link.interia.pl/f22d4 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] -- Regards Przemyslaw Bak (przemol) -- http://przemol.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Szukasz pracy? Sprawdź nasze oferty! http://link.interia.pl/f22b8 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
