Re: Fwd: PilotManager

[Klaus Bergius - SunSoft Germany - Munich <Klaus.Bergius@Germany>]

some comments and clarifications:

- /usr/dist/exe/perl can be different in different ENS regions in the
  Sun world, they need not be the same version.
- the utility is free, hence one cannot expect error-free perfection, agreed.
- the tools is definitely more difficult to install and to use than the
  W95 or Mac commercial sync tools.
- everybody seems to laugh at the fact that I consider a 1 hour installation
  for a 'freeware' utility a waste of time. I'm not aware of any utility
  in the last couple of years that would take more than a couple of minutes
  to install and use. I have to admit however that I have been using a Apple
  Mac now for years at home and therefore my love for Unix as a desktop system
  is not that strong any more.
- I still don't understand why a guy (the original mail from someone @t-online...)
  points you to things that need improvement and your reaction is
  "what a good laugh". Such comments (even if the wording was harsh) deserve
  attention, instead he is told "get lost, Unix is a place for real specialists"
  (I would have felt that way being in his place).
- we (Sun) are definitely not in the position to scare away potential Solaris
  desktop users; as you know people do have a choice.
- I wish to end this discussion here - at least I will leave it - as the whole
  thing simply is not important to me.

-Klaus

> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 10:21:20 -0700
> From: Alan.Harder@Ebay (Alan Harder)
> To: Klaus.Bergius@Germany
> Subject: Re: Fwd: PilotManager
> 
> > So I got the latest packages and found that they don't
> > work with the Sun ENS provided /usr/dist/exe/perl.
> 
> Yes it does actually.  A majority of pilotmgr users run perl off softdist.
> 
> > I copied perl from perl.org as pointed out on the page.
> > Compiled it, installed and tried perl -V:bincompat3, as
> > suggested in some Readme. The option is not known to perl.
> 
> maybe you need to read more carefully.  what version of perl are you using?
> 
> > So here I am, wasted Disk space for some perl
> > stuff that I don't need normally and more important wasted
> > 1 hour trying to make it work, but it still doesn't.
> 
> I agree with Bharat.  Your "wasted 1 hour" makes me laugh.
> 
> 	- Alan

Best Regards,
	Klaus
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