Re: Perl most prolific web-app dev environment

[Abigail]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 09:51:14AM -0400, John Porter wrote:
> Abigail wrote:
> > One should realize that Sun isn't in the business of selling Operating
> > Systems. I don't think any Unix vendor really is. They sell hardware,
> > that's where they make their money from.
> 
> Far be it from me to contradict Abigail, but, I don't see how
> this can be.  If it were true, Sun would be giving away their
> OS for their own hardware, and charging $$$ for it for other
> hardware platforms.  But the opposite is the case.


Sun doesn't charge you for the OS. It charges you for the production and
distribution costs of the CD, administration costs. Etc. It's in the same
price range as you pay for a Red Hat box in a book shop.  As you will
notice, you don't have to type in license keys when installing Solaris.

That's not $$$, and totally insignificant to the costs of the hardware.



Abigail