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- From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert)
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2 vs Windows NT: Sun is losing the desktop on price
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:17:36 GMT
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- fwp@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) writes:
-
- >That AUD$100 gets you a copy of the distribution media. It doesn't buy
- >you the legal right to actually install it on any machines. For that
- >you need to buy a Right To Use License (RTU for short) for each
- >system. Which costs several hundreds of dollars ...
-
- Not true. New Sun workstations come bundled with a RTU, so you don't
- have to pay a dime to run Solaris 2 on them. No doubt the PC pricing
- policies will be different, but let's not jump to premature conclusions.
-