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- From: fwp@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters)
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2 vs Windows NT: Sun is losing the desktop on price
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.143534.18578@ra.msstate.edu>
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- Organization: Computing Center, Mississippi State University
- References: <1jf1l0INN6ak@gap.caltech.edu> <1993Jan21.114542.29767@fulcrum.oz.au> <1993Jan21.235025.6322@ra.msstate.edu> <bkK8#I`w@twinsun.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:35:34 GMT
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- In article <bkK8#I`w@twinsun.com> eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) says:
- : 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.
-
- The subject line lead me to the idea that we were basically discussing
- SunOS on PCs. Under that restriction my statement above is completely
- accurate.
-
- In ANY case, it is a fact that buying a copy of the SunOS media does
- NOT confer a license to install it on any machines. That license must
- come elsewhere (whether bundled with the purchase of the machine or
- purchased explicitly).
-
- In other words, AUD$100 does NOT cover all of the costs of installing a
- SunOS on your machine.
- --
- Frank Peters - UNIX Systems Programmer - Mississippi State University
- Internet: fwp@CC.MsState.Edu - Phone: (601)325-7030 - FAX: (601)325-8921
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