Solaris "Usability Gap", No More?

Posted by Michael Larabel on April 11, 2007

TechWorld published a new article this morning entitled New Sun exec aims to close Solaris ‘usability gap’. In this article they interview Ian Murdock who is the new chief operating platforms officer for Sun. There are only three questions in this piece, but Ian highlights his plans to close the "usability gap" for Solaris.

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