That's why I specified a 'mule' system, Flavio. For any system other than a raw throwaway, I agree heartily.
My compatriot who has bee nworking his way up through the 3's on SPARC/Solaris is going to start working with it (4.0) and let me know. He will, of course, use your approach, because the systems he admins have too many $millions riding on them. :D