Allow me to kick the dog, too. For personal use, you can get a copy of
Solaris for x86 or SPARC for the cost of shipping the CDs. Go to
www.sun.com and look for the developer programs. Somewhere under there is
the free(ish) non-commercial Solaris offer.
Ken
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Behm, Jeffrey L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Not an OS war.. Just a simple question- Free vs. Open BSD
>
>
> Yeah, I just couldn't let the sleeping dog lie, could I?
>
> >
> >#Or you could buy some *real* hardware instead of Pea Seas and run
> >#Solaris or AIX :-)
> >
> >The bank won't let me remortgage my house just to buy
> Solaris, though.
> >They obviously don't know whats truly important in life.
> >
>
> Actually, the Solaris license is free when you buy Sun hardware.
>
> If you want X86 license for intel platform, then you have to
> _shell out_
> $695 (Aug 1999 list price) for a server license and media kit.
>
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