Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:06:25 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: solaris is free. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980812110325.19133O-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <19980812014614.B16463@mooseriver.com>
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> > Note that this is only free in the sense that you can buy it > > for a low cost from Sun. > > > > You don't get source. > > > > You don't get the ability to give copies to other people. > > My guess is that Sun is beginning to feel the heat from FreeBSD and > Linux. Last time I looked very few people we running Solaris on X86. Mayby > they are starting to worry about all those older Sparc's running NetBSD. To be honest, x86 SOlaris has always been a bit a forgotten child in the Sun family. Sun likes to ship complete systems they can reliably support. Giving supports to PC weenies is not one of their favourite hobbies. Nick -- building: 27A address: STA-ISIS, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy tel.: +39 332 78 9549 fax.: +39 332 78 9185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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