Re: [Nolug] Time to add some diversity to this list. Dadgummit!

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, James Hess wrote:

> It's not like Solaris is without bash, color ls, and your usual
> amenities like VIM, and GNU flavor of Tar is also available just not
> by default.

"not by default" was my point. As Ron said, lots of company's don't allow
3rd party software. If it doesn't come directly from the OS/DB/middleware
vendor, then it's not permitted. One reason IBM ships a cd with GNU
utilities for AIX is so you can say "we got it from IBM".

Smart companies have IT managers that can make a policy to say "we trust
software from sunfreeware.com". But it's not a bad policy to not allow
software from jackassunixstuff.com or any other random site to be
installed on production servers.

If you're only accustomed to Linux/BSD and their niceties, and you have to
hop on a Solaris or AIX box without said niceties, you may be in for a
little shock.

ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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