As I understand it the licensing has not changed. There is a free
for use EDU, Developer and evaluation license available for a single
processor install.
This is really great news and shows that Sun is committed to Solaris x86.
It has just come to my attention that the Solaris x86 ISOs are now downloadable for free again. see: <http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html> ...
Now I'm not complaining here, but why did Sun decide to do this? I don't understand however it is pleasing. -- Christopher Smiga System Engineer (Sun SCSA) N2...
I think it sucks... Can I get my money back for buying it 2 or 3 times? I'm the loyal customer who paid for it. Shouldn't I get something for that? -Tu ... ...
... You mean it wasn't under your pillow when you woke up? Maybe Sun is not doing that...:-/ ... You didn't pay for it. You paid for the bandwidth to download...
Alan DuBoff
aland@...
Dec 10, 2003 5:55 am
... I'm confused here. I paid my ISP for the bandwidth to download it; I then paid Sun the $20 for the license to use it (for a year I thought it said, but I...
... thought it ... The 20$ you paid are not covering the license. the license to use Solaris x86 is covered under: "So what is Free about the Free Solaris...
... In many respects I agree and I was happy to pay my 20 bucks to get it when I did. The question is, I suppose, that now that it is free; why did I bother to...
... That Solaris x86 is *still* around. It would not be the case hadn't Sun realized that they could at least have their bandwidth costs covered, and still...
... Nope the StarOffice in JDS will prevent it from being free. You could buy a real license for Solaris x86 if you wish or a support contract. As with...
... Because you wanted it at the time and that is what it cost at the time. Should you wait on that new purchase (computer, os, office suite, ...) because it...
... What did it get you? Are you serious? If you can't figure out what it got you, then you're a complete moron! It got you the very best OS and development...
... <SNIP> ... First off, I think this personal attack you've just done is way out of line. Plus, you know... that entire tirade is just elitist as hell. End...
... I would have been happier not seeing Al's tirade or any of the tirades in response to him. I would like to keep things positive, so here is some...
... Apple's policy is not always in the interest of the consumer though. There are more than a few shady "work arounds" in the past. ... No argument, if that...
Alan DuBoff
aland@...
Dec 13, 2003 8:36 pm
... it got ... anywhere in ... can use ... (or your ... and the ... I'm with Andy, I didn't want to pay $20 for something that isn't necessarily going to run...
But I never had to pay for bandwidth to download the sparc version. So what's the difference? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo!...
... Downloads of the SPARC version were subsidized by SPARC hardware sales. Similarly, purchasers of the V60x & V65x x86 hardware got free downloads of...
... The difference is the reps agreed with Sun to get Solaris x86 back that users should cover the bandwidth, and that was one of the reasons we were able to ...
Alan DuBoff
aland@...
Dec 10, 2003 4:48 pm
... Then it shouldn't be "free" now, but yet it is. -Tu __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. ...
... Personally, I think charging a small fee is reasonable and they should have done it for SPARC, too. I am guessing that part of the reason is to give parity...
... I agree with you. Giving away software is not a good idea for a software vendor... A.S. **************************************************************** ...
... Personally, I'd like to see them make it free to copy it unmodified. At present nobody is allowed to copy it and distribute it to anyone, Sun is the only...
Alan DuBoff
aland@...
Dec 10, 2003 5:53 am
Hi, ... From my point of view: this is good.Look around: Oracle, Sybase, Qnx etc etc. Software will be more and more available to be downloaded and used as...
... Actually we are selling X86 boxes quite well now I hear. This was done to create parity for SPARC and X86. Apparently they did not want to charge for ...
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