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Re: [PLUG] Sun Iso's (was Solaris for Students)
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I think someone already gave a link, but the direct Sun Link I have is:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html
Look for "Solaris 9 OE Downloads" and click on the link. They'll make you
fill out a form before you can download the ISOs.
Edward Corrado
LUG/IP, President
ecorrado@lugip.org
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Naresh wrote:
> Edwardo,
> I have been on SUN.com for a while now, and I can't find anything about
> downloading Solaris 9 for free for the Sparc. Can you please direct me the
> exact URL?
>
> Thanks,
> Naresh
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Edward M. Corrado wrote:
>
> > Interesting that PLUG was talking about Solaris being free the same
> > week that I received this update from Sun News. I cut out everything
> > except the part about "free" Solaris. I took a quick peak at the site, and
> > it looks like it will cost you $20 to download Solaris 8 for x86 or Sparc,
> > but Solaris 9 for Sparc is a free download (I didn't see anything about
> > the off-again on-again Solaris 9 for x86). It appears that in this case,
> > we are talking about free beer and not free speech. Also, note that this
> > is for machines with one processor. See the site for more details and the
> > license agreement.
> >
> > --
> > Edward Corrado
> > President
> > LUG/IP (Linux Users Group/In Princeton)
> > ecorrado@lugip.org
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:27:40 +0000
> > From: Sun Microsystems <sun-news@sun.com>
> > To: ecorrado@rider.edu
> > Subject: Sun News: The Buzz About Blades
> >
> > SUN NEWS
> > http://sun.com
> > 22 October 2002, Vol 3 No 41
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > PROMOTIONS: SOLARIS[sm] BINARY LICENSE PROGRAM
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > Now you can use the Solaris[tm] 8 or 9 Operating Environment at
> > home or at work -- without paying a license fee. For only the cost
> > of media plus shipping or download related costs, you can use the
> > software on single processor computers supplied to you by Sun or
> > its authorized distributors or based on the Intel architecture.
> > For complete details and restrictions, visit:
> > http://sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/index.html?AssociateId=NEWS17
> >
> > For more special promotions from Sun, visit:
> > http://sun.com/promotions/index.html?AssociateId=NEWS17
> >
> >
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