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- From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Solaris 2 vs Windows NT: Sun is losing the desktop on price
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.124007.7960@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
- Organization: Inland Sea
- References: <bkK8#I`w@twinsun.com> <1993Jan22.215430.25053@sj.ate.slb.com> <1993Jan23.202207.11113@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 12:40:07 GMT
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- bogstad@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan22.215430.25053@sj.ate.slb.com> poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) writes:
- >>...
- >>There are also questions about how the RTU is applied. The understanding I
- >>have is that the RTU is granted to the original purchaser of the machine,
- >>and is NOT transferrable if you sell the machine.
- >>...
-
- > Can somebody confirm this please? It would affect my perceived
- >resale value of older Sun equipment. I remember a few years back when DEC
- >tried to change their policy to something like this for VMS on the VAX. The
- >uproar was tremendeous...
-
- At one time, the policy from Sun was as described above.
-
- Last I heard, the licence now transfers with the hardware. I did not
- get this from Sun, but from a reseller.
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