Really, I don't? You sir were too busy with dreams of 3l33t points...
Try refuting my argument instead of my catchy subject line next time. Let's review -
1. Dtrace has got hordes of people adopting Solaris again? 2. Its going to do wonders for BSD too? 3. Dtrace is useful for regular IT folks, i.e. people who don't read and write C every day?
Its just another engineer tool for engineers, and thats fine, really, but despite SUNs attempt to trumpet this tool as a revolution, no one much cares and I don't think its going to do much for BSD either. Do you think it will?
I never said it sucks or it doesn't work. Error vomit is what some Level 3 support guys @ SUN in Bulington call it that I've spoken with, they dislike it for the reasons I've mentioned above. I didn't make that up either way so go tell them they don't know.
Is this really a killer feature for most, I say no. For whom is it a killer feature?
Level 3 Backline support at best and maybe some devs, maybe. Anyone so busy praising it ever actually used it?
What is Solaris really lacking - mega-detailed error reporting? That's why they'll be another round of layoffs, couldn't get DTrace out soon enough?! Please. How about put effort into features IT folks really need and will use. SUN has missed that boat for years now and gotten by on momentum.
If this is good for BSD then great, really, but I don't see how people will choose a distro for DTrace, look how well its worked for SUN!
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Really, I don't? You sir were too busy with dreams of 3l33t points...
Try refuting my argument instead of my catchy subject line next time. Let's review -
1. Dtrace has got hordes of people adopting Solaris again?
2. Its going to do wonders for BSD too?
3. Dtrace is useful for regular IT folks, i.e. people who don't read and write C every day?
Its just another engineer tool for engineers, and thats fine, really, but despite SUNs attempt to trumpet this tool as a revolution, no one much cares and I don't think its going to do much for BSD either. Do you think it will?
I never said it sucks or it doesn't work. Error vomit is what some Level 3 support guys @ SUN in Bulington call it that I've spoken with, they dislike it for the reasons I've mentioned above. I didn't make that up either way so go tell them they don't know.
Is this really a killer feature for most, I say no. For whom is it a killer feature? Level 3 Backline support at best and maybe some devs, maybe. Anyone so busy praising it ever actually used it? What is Solaris really lacking - mega-detailed error reporting? That's why they'll be another round of layoffs, couldn't get DTrace out soon enough?! Please. How about put effort into features IT folks really need and will use. SUN has missed that boat for years now and gotten by on momentum. If this is good for BSD then great, really, but I don't see how people will choose a distro for DTrace, look how well its worked for SUN! -P