--- On Sun, 1/3/10, W. Wayne Liauh <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: W. Wayne Liauh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] snv_130 > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 5:21 AM > > The time you need to install > OpenSolaris is much > > larger than installing > > SXCE, mostly trying to find which packages you've > > missed this time. > > > > Casper > > > > This kind of "extra" effort is NOTHING compared to what > those of us who are moving from Linux to Solaris/OpenSolaris > have to go through. > > OTOH, if the Solaris stalwarts are willing to face the > reality, I believe it will not be long b/f someone comes out > with a script that will allow OpenSolaris to acquire most, > of not all, of the features of SXCE in a single stroke. > > But most importantly, Linux is no Solaris. I have > trained a few high school kids who became self-proclaimed > Linux "experts" after burning a few midnight candles. > No so with Solaris. We really need a bunch of Solaris > old-hands, especially those who are not employed by > Sun/Oracle, to immerse themselves into the spirit of > OpenSolaris, and show us the light. Thanks in > advance. Well, this is the year to cut 'the baby string' from SXCE and see if the OSOL Live CD can stand the test of time. SXCE contans a lot of legacy parts and I think a few years ago there was talk of the distro constructor creating a larger OSOL Live DVD that replaced SXCE. Now, Sun just provides a snapshot of the IPS repository on DVD and the smaller OSOL Live CD. That way, distro providers can focus on the Live CD for customized Live CD distros and still use the IPS DVD snapshots. So removing SXCE just removes a lot of historical parts that Sun wants to change into the more modern infrastructure. Will everyone be happy and like it? Well, do all kids like anchovies? This is probably like the time when people had to cross the Red Sea. Either you wait and stay with the legacy Solaris releases, drown in the misery of awaiting your migration planning, or you start MIGRATING to the other side. ~ Ken Mays _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
