Naresh on Tue, 22 Oct 2002 22:30:05 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Solaris For Students


Do you have any URLs where I can download the ISO?

Naresh

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Adam Turoff wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 12:03:28AM -0400, Paul wrote:
> > I think the x86 version was free for personal use.
>
> I think single use licenses on single CPU machines are free for
> individual.  That is, you are encouraged to run Solaris on x86 or SPARC
> if it's just for youon any old single CPU workstation.
>
> This doesn't apply to businesses, who use Solaris on many machines,
> especially multi-CPU SPARC boxes (and are Sun's biggest customer base).
>
> Sun also made the source code for the single CPU version of Solaris a
> few years back.
>
> Both products (SPARC/x86 binaries and the source) are available
> for a nominal media fee.  At least, I remember this being the case as of
> a few years ago.  (circa 1999)
>
> Z.
>
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