There was a time, maybe circa 2003-4, when one could download any patch
without a contract. Of course back then you had to pay real money for
Solaris -- you could not download it for free. Eventually you could
only download security patches for free, now you can get the O/S for
nothing, but you cannot secure it without paying.
Ron Halstead wrote:
In the past, you could download security patches without a support
contract. Recommended patches required a contract. Now, all patch
downloads require a contract.
Ron Halstead
On 05/22/10 23:37, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
Sorry to jump onto this so late, I've not been paying attention to the
list.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Martin Paul<mar...@par.univie.ac.at>
wrote:
So the new "Software Update Entitlement Policy for Solaris" as
described in
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-61-203648-1 is
pretty
clear:
A support contract covering Solaris is required to access, download,
install and use all Solaris Software Updates. This applies to all
Solaris releases.
I don't understand how this differs from how things were in the past.
I have and use a paid-for SunSolve account, so I don't know anything
about people trying to use Solaris without same. Was it ever the case
that you could use Solaris and get all patches and never pay any money
at all? Or were some patches only available if you paid?
S.
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