Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:46:12 -0600 From: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> To: Victor Watkins <strat-man@comcast.net> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org" <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org>, kayo.granillo@sun.com Subject: Re: Solaris patches and Solaris Express Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20051115184214.00c013e8@wixb.com> In-Reply-To: <1132111958.1410.16.camel@localhost> References: <1132111958.1410.16.camel@localhost>
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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-
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