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Old 04-13-2004, 02:10 PM   #6
Dan Espen
 
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Re: Upgrade Solaris?

"Colin B." <cbigam@somewhereelse.nucleus.com> writes:

> Michael Laajanen <michael.laajanen.no-spam.@telia.com> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, whatabout S10, is that not also supported on a 200MHz!

>
> Can someone please explain to me the inexplicable interest in Solaris 10?
> The thing isn't even into Beta testing yet. It doesn't seem to have many
> new features besides zoning, which won't be that useful on an Ultra1.
>
> I'm not out to trash Solaris 10 here, as it seems to be a really nice
> refinement of Solaris 9. I just don't understand the hype--I don't
> remember Solaris 9, 8, 7, or even 2.6 being this heavily anticipated.
> (2.5.1 was a special circumstance--man, did I want that to be released!)
>
> Any ideas folks? Is it just the Linux mentality, complete with versionitis,
> invading?


I've gotten the same impression about people anticipating S10,
but I don't subscribe to the theory that all things evil originate
with Linux.
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