Solaris' Dtrace in Detail

paulkoan writes "The Register has a further details about the new Dtrace systems utility bundled with Solaris 10, along with pictures of the authors, and user testimonials. It also highlights Suns vague assurances that this (if it lives up to the hype) amazing utility may or may not end up in the public domain."

Comments

Re:assurance of what ???

[Anonymous Coward]

so, we are assured of a and !a ???

No, we're assured of a or !a.

Although knowing Sun, they're probably trying for a and !a and wondering why it won't work...

Re:Lots of users == good.

[mollymoo]

If I can't use it, then I'll never learn about how good it is.

So if some software isn't in the Gentoo portage tree you won't run it on your Solaris boxes at work?

This is proprietary software for a version of Solaris which isn't even out yet.

Remind me not to employ you as a Solaris sysadmin. Hell, remind me not to employ you to make the tea - we might have different cups at work and you wouldn't know what to do with them.

Sun reminds me of H2G2 philosophers

[arvindn]

Sun's vacillation about open source reminds me of the philosophers in the Hitchhiker's guide.


``But who the devil are you?'' exclaimed an outraged Fook.

``We,'' said Majikthise, ``are Philosophers.''

``Though we may not be,'' said Vroomfondel waving a warning finger at the programmers.

``Yes we are,'' insisted Majikthise. ``We are quite definitely here as representatives of the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons, and we want this machine off, and we want it off now!''

``What's the problem?'' said Lunkwill.

``I'll tell you what the problem is mate,'' said Majikthise, ``demarcation, that's the problem!''

``We demand,'' yelled Vroomfondel, ``that demarcation may or may not be the problem!''

``You just let the machines get on with the adding up,'' warned Majikthise, ``and we'll take care of the eternal verities thank you very much. You want to check your legal position you do mate. Under law the Quest for Ultimate Truth is quite clearly the inalienable prerogative of your working thinkers. Any bloody machine goes and actually finds it and we're straight out of a job aren't we? I mean what's the use of our sitting up half the night arguing that there may or may not be a God if this machine only goes and gives us his bleeding phone number the next morning?''

``That's right!'' shouted Vroomfondel, ``we demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!''

Re:It's about time (;-))

[sql*kitten]

going to write a new TPS/response-time monitor using it.

Did you get the memo about the cover sheet?

Favorite quote

[kill-hup]

DTrace's inventors say admins need "to have a good relationship with their brains" to use the software best.

I'll have to start using that in my conversations about lusers. "I wouldn't call him stupid; let's just say he doesn't have a good relationship with his brain..." :)

Sounds very cool...

[teamhasnoi]

I wonder if they have attempted to run Dtrace on Dtrace? Wouldn't that allow you to make Dtrace infinitely fast? Perhaps become its own energy source?

I know I would pay big dollars, say like $28, for a box that ran infinitely fast.

This could be the diet pill for software bloat that we've all been looking for.