Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 15:26:17 -0400 (AST) From: ValTech <valtech@caribnet.net> To: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com>, lambert.org!terry@dg-rtp.dg.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMIT(System Maintenance Interface Tool) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960518152414.14406A-100000@fb15.caribnet.net> In-Reply-To: <16914.832445331@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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So Mr Palmer, When is the SMIT utility going to be available? On Sat, 18 May 1996, Gary Palmer wrote: > Thomas David Rivers wrote in message ID > <199605181339.JAA08152@lakes>: > > Well - just to throw in that ever-dissenting opinion - but, > > I have to manage several machines; one of which is AIX. All > > of them are easy to handle, except for the AIX machine, because > > of SMIT... > > A survey in the UK disagrees. It highlights the fact that a central > management interface for the maintence and configuration of AIX makes > AIX more cost effective to run than Windows NT server, and several > other ``popular'' operating systems. I believe I posted the article on > -chat, if you want to look in the archive. > > > So, to address the original question, of "When will have SMIT" > > (paraphrased) - I hope the answer is "we won't - we'll (someday) > > have something better"... > > The answer is ``we will have a system management tool, hopefully this > year'' ... since I have never seen SMIT, I can't comment if it will be > ``better'' or not. > > Gary > -- > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member > FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info > >
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