From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 16 17:14:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C3F516A420 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:14:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Received: from cheyenne.sixcompanies.com (cheyenne.sixcompanies.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A01643D8C for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:14:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jbronson@wixb.com) Received: from coors.sixcompanies.com (coors.sixcompanies.com [10.43.82.5]) by cheyenne.sixcompanies.com (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAG0kCEQ007153; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:46:12 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.2.5.6.2.20051115184214.00c013e8@wixb.com> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:46:12 -0600 To: Victor Watkins From: "J.D. Bronson" In-Reply-To: <1132111958.1410.16.camel@localhost> References: <1132111958.1410.16.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org" , kayo.granillo@sun.com Subject: Re: Solaris patches and Solaris Express X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:14:14 -0000 At 09:32 PM 11/15/2005, Victor Watkins wrote: > > Do community member find these additional features worth the cost? > >No. > >We just want to get our patches without jumping through any hoops, or >worrying about if the check made it through the mail, or if Sun FUBAR'ed >our support account info rather than there being a problem with the >Update Manager connecting, etc. > >No longer personally worried about it though..I nuked my Solaris install >and have a nice, shiny new FreeBSD 6.0 kit now, and I gotta say, after >Solaris 5.10 x86, the speed difference alone is breathtaking. Ironically, I too did the same exact thing. Sun screwed me around with "whats free..whats not free" - patches available...patches restricted. Then when Update manager stopped working - I said enough was enough. I nuked my solaris 10 install - and opted for FreeBSD. Not only is it much faster and easier to work with, but I can feel more assured that if/when a patch is needed, I wont be dick'ed around to get it. Solaris x86 has never offered stellar performance, but when 10 came out we all had high hopes. That faded fast. I have 2 MAJOR bugs filed that still have not been addressed (reported March 2005) - and there are many users out there that dont even know about some of these. They likely will find out someday :-( I still run 1 solaris machine and thats a sparc running 9.0 ...as soon as the machine dies or the OS is no longer supported, the machine will find a nice resting spot in some city dump (or recycler) -- J.D. Bronson Information Services West Allis Memorial Hospital Aurora Health Care - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.977.5299 -Taco Bell is *not* the Mexican Telephone Company-