Comments on: OpenSolaris for the Small Office / Home Office http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/ News, analysis and context on enterprise technology for the CTO Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Gourley http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-398 Bob Gourley Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:25:45 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-398 Bob, Thanks, I know you are right. I did pay money for that PC and they did charge me for the XP license. But in defense of my calculus, the PC I put Open Solaris on was just sitting around doing little and was almost worthless to me. Cheers, Bob Bob, Thanks, I know you are right. I did pay money for that PC and they did charge me for the XP license. But in defense of my calculus, the PC I put Open Solaris on was just sitting around doing little and was almost worthless to me.

Cheers,

Bob

]]> By: bflores http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-397 bflores Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:54:50 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-397 Bob, I don't think you're crazy, but your math is off a bit. Any time you buy a traditional (comes with an OS loaded) PC, part of the cost goes to pay for the OS license. Granted, it's not all that much (relative to the total cost), but if you remove that OS it still means you've thrown out some money. Of course, if you build your own machine, or you are upgrading an old one (as you did), then my position is not as strong. I'm a big believer in open source; but I also believe there's no free lunch! Bob,

I don't think you're crazy, but your math is off a bit. Any time you buy a traditional (comes with an OS loaded) PC, part of the cost goes to pay for the OS license. Granted, it's not all that much (relative to the total cost), but if you remove that OS it still means you've thrown out some money. Of course, if you build your own machine, or you are upgrading an old one (as you did), then my position is not as strong.

I'm a big believer in open source; but I also believe there's no free lunch!

]]> By: Bob Gourley http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-396 Bob Gourley Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:16:32 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-396 George, thanks for the link. But I'm not sure if that SSuite provides any enhanced functionality over either Open Office or Google Apps. I'm probably going to stick with those two since they are really full featured and get the job done in well integrated ways. George, thanks for the link. But I'm not sure if that SSuite provides any enhanced functionality over either Open Office or Google Apps. I'm probably going to stick with those two since they are really full featured and get the job done in well integrated ways.

]]> By: Bob Gourley http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-395 Bob Gourley Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:15:14 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-395 Thanks much Peter. I saw the Microsoft press release and that is good news I think. I'm also hearing good news about Windows 7. Cheers, Bob Thanks much Peter. I saw the Microsoft press release and that is good news I think. I'm also hearing good news about Windows 7.

Cheers,

Bob

]]> By: George Peterson http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-394 George Peterson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:37:20 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-394 This is indeed very helpful, very nice! thanks But have you also ever heard of SSuite Office software? They have a whole range of office and business software including invoicing and calendar diaries that are free for download. <a href="http://www.ssuitesoft.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ssuitesoft.com</a> This is indeed very helpful, very nice! thanks

But have you also ever heard of SSuite Office software?

They have a whole range of office and business software including invoicing and calendar diaries that are free for download.

http://www.ssuitesoft.com

]]> By: Peter Bartram http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-393 Peter Bartram Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:42:50 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-393 Bob, Interesting writeup...I've been a big fan of Solaris for years for Internet servers. I'll soon be trying OpenSolaris. I also run OSX on one Apple Mac and several flavors of Linux and some Solaris. In my office I've been running Vista since 2007 on a few Lenovo PCs with TPM chips (required if you want to prevent any future BIOS attacks)and fingerprint readers. I am looking forward to Windows 7 for my Lenovo tablet which has a touch screen. Windows 7 runs much faster on the same hardware. Finally Microsoft made an announcement that they will be offering up improved anti-Malware which if used with Windows 7 should be a great improvement on the security front. See: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/nov08/11-18NoCostSecurityPR.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/nov...</a> <a href="http://windowsonecare.spaces.live.com/" rel="nofollow">http://windowsonecare.spaces.live.com/</a> For open source Linux I recommend the site <a href="http://www.OSDisc.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.OSDisc.com</a> where you can also get Open Solaris: <a href="http://www.osdisc.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/products/solaris" rel="nofollow">http://www.osdisc.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/products/s...</a> Regards, Peter Bob,

Interesting writeup…I've been a big fan of Solaris for years for Internet servers. I'll soon be trying OpenSolaris. I also run OSX on one Apple Mac and several flavors of Linux and some Solaris.

In my office I've been running Vista since 2007 on a few Lenovo PCs with TPM chips (required if you want to prevent any future BIOS attacks)and fingerprint readers. I am looking forward to Windows 7 for my Lenovo tablet which has a touch screen. Windows 7 runs much faster on the same hardware. Finally Microsoft made an announcement that they will be offering up improved anti-Malware which if used with Windows 7 should be a great improvement on the security front.

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/nov… http://windowsonecare.spaces.live.com/

For open source Linux I recommend the site
http://www.OSDisc.com

where you can also get Open Solaris:
http://www.osdisc.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/products/s…

Regards,

Peter

]]> By: Bob Gourley http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-392 Bob Gourley Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:16:28 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-392 Lewis, I'm re-reading my post wondering why you think it was written with you in mind. Could it be because I did not say Windows was the best, most secure operating system available? I didn't mean for that to sound too harsh, we all love our windows desktops and Microsoft is doing better and better about security. But don't even think about entering a debate on whether or not it is in the same category as Linux (any flavor) or Unix (any flavor) or OpenSolaris when it comes to security. The facts are in. But, back to the fun part, I thought you or someone was going to ask my why I didn't install Ubantu. It has a GREAT user experience and a large community of developers. I've played with previous versions a bit and will be running version 9.04 soon in a virtual box. Cheers, Bob Lewis,

I'm re-reading my post wondering why you think it was written with you in mind. Could it be because I did not say Windows was the best, most secure operating system available? I didn't mean for that to sound too harsh, we all love our windows desktops and Microsoft is doing better and better about security. But don't even think about entering a debate on whether or not it is in the same category as Linux (any flavor) or Unix (any flavor) or OpenSolaris when it comes to security. The facts are in.

But, back to the fun part, I thought you or someone was going to ask my why I didn't install Ubantu. It has a GREAT user experience and a large community of developers. I've played with previous versions a bit and will be running version 9.04 soon in a virtual box.

Cheers,
Bob

]]> By: lewis shepherd http://ctovision.com/2009/06/opensolaris-for-the-small-office-home-office/#comment-391 lewis shepherd Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:31:17 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=501#comment-391 Stop trying to provoke me! :) I'll let this one pass without comment, just because I know you're sincere about the "having fun installing & learning a new OS" part :) Stop trying to provoke me! :)

I'll let this one pass without comment, just because I know you're sincere about the "having fun installing & learning a new OS" part :)

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