On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Orlando Andico wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Ian C. Sison wrote: > .. > > Ahh this is an eye opener. Sun offering their OS for "free" just like > > Staroffice. > > YES! THAT'S why I'm not a big fan on Linux on SPARC! Finally the point is > made. =) >
And taken! \8) > > I must admit that this new licensing scheme is no doubt > > targetted towards "free" linux. > > Well free Solaris X86 is targetted at Linux. But just like Linux/SPARC > can't compete with Solaris (feature wise) on SPARC, Solaris X86 can't > compete with Linux on X86. > Hmm., have a comparison chart (or URL) for that? > But if you have a SPARC. And with those licensing terms. There's no point > running Linux. Yes, but does the solaris free download include the development kits, etc. all bundled into linux? I know you can grab the binaries off sunfreeware.com, it's just quite a bit of a hassle rather than have all you need installed from scratch. > > > I wonder how much the local Sun will > > charge for supporting these chaps who do want support for downloaded > > Solaris 8 vs. getting a some professional to install linux on the sparc. > > I did it for free. \8) > > Eh. Installing Solaris is a no-brainer. Pop in the CD, Stop-A, "boot > cdrom" and you're off. No driver problems, nothing else to do, the Solaris > WebStart will even check for the latest patch updates for you. > One man's no brainer may be another's mt. everest. It's depend. [sic] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
