Bart Smaalders wrote: >Henry B. Hotz wrote: > > > >>I find it really >>difficult to invest time in learning single-platform technologies. >> >> > >That makes it difficult to do innovation, since we need to convince >other OSes to use our technology before you will use it :-). > >So far we've succeeded w/ DTrace and ZFS; while many OS developers like SMF >because it solves a bunch of hard problems, many system admins have >complained loudly. > >
Has anyone dared to discover why this has happened? Or how we go about rectifying the situation? It seems like we've befriended one group of people but made enemies of the other. Both are important communities. My personal theory on why is simple: SMF was developed by developers and not system admins. Darren
