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Solaris 9 System Administrator's Evaluation Guide

This guide is designed to help System Administrators evaluate the Solaris 9 Operating Environment (OE).
It includes information about what is new in the Solaris 9 platform, walks through the installation, and a test drive of the environment.
The appendix also includes information about the business advantages of using the Solaris 9 OE as well as an analysis of the Solaris 9 platform compared to the competition.

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