Hi all,

I don't post much really on these boards, but I do find it an
in-valuable source for most day to day problems. I work in the IT
indusrty and have done for more years than I can count on all my digits
(including my toes). I work in a mainly windows enviroment, but that's
only because I shut down the 3 unix boxes a year ago and no one has
asked me turn them back on in that time (I suspect they don't need them
any more, and when they ever ask me, I can easly turn them back on..
but the main point is.. we have obviously moved away from unix). I did
this after I left support and moved into the training/teaching sector
of the company as I knew no-one in the company knew anthing about UNIX
at all especially the support department.

Anyway, at home I still use UNIX alot. I have on my desk, an ULTRA 10
that's packed to gubing with stuff, 2 SCSI cards using external drives,
SUNPCi card a nice Sun LCD 18inch TFT and it has a licenced C & C++
compiler (not GCC). It really is a nice system. On the other side of my
desk I have a 3GHz intel thingy running XP. Next to the SUN, on the
floor is an O2 with the nice 1600sw screen.. all unplugged and waiting
for me to find some space. My wife and daughter have XP machines each,
my daughter connected via wirelless. In the study there is a cupbord
that houses an IBM intel with the role of AD controller and another SUN
(LX) which also has a fully licenced C & C++ but also acts as a NIS+
server, (There is also an SGI 320 that is doing nothing). Downstairs in
the fridge room is a SGI Origin 200 that has LDAP and massive amounts
of disk space connected via a CISCO hub and a wireless point (ok not to
fast.. but definatly usable).

So I hope you will agree.. I'm definatly a UNIX lover??

OK.. main point..

I'm browsing a site.. searching for the name of Starsky and Hutch on
the SUN (which is running Solaris 10) and I come to the official site.

It requires a flash plugin...

I go to the site and install it..

And I get to thinking.. (mistake???)

How on earth is a normal user ever to cope with such a thing?

Looking at it from a none-technical users point of view.. even
installing a pluggin is just soo complex..

gzip-d it..

untar it..

then install it..

during the install... find the path of mozilla-bin..

Jeeze...

What do Windows users get? click and go!

SUN, SGI HP etc.. need to do something.

UNLESS WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR LINUX??????????

Now read the history of UNIX and it's the same of LINUX.

To many manufactorers producing slightly different versions..

Anyway.. before you attack me.. remeber I'm a UNIX lover.

Thanks for listening...

grep the crap out ;-)