Re: [Fwd: [ale] Sun releases Solaris for free]

[Eric Hedstrom <erich@niobium.compecon.com>]

Nitpick: they are offering free licenses to Solaris for noncommercial use;
they aren't releasing their source code too.

Linux Idiot wrote:
> 
> Sun releases source code.
> 
> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> >
> > > Check this out:
> >
> > >       http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980810S0019
> >
> > >       Sun now joins SCO in releasing their operating system for
> > > free for non-commercial use.  :-)  (And of course they say Linux
> > > had nothing to do with it!  :-) )
> >
> >         Here's the URL for Sun's original press release about the free
> > Solaris program.  It has some more details and some interesting comments...
> >
> >         http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/9808/sunflash.980810.2.html
> >
> >         Mike
> > --
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> 
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey           esoteric@denali.atlnet.com
> 
> You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????
> 
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> 
> Subject: [ale] Sun releases Solaris for free
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:02:18 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@alcove.wittsend.com>
> To: ale@cc.gatech.edu
> 
> > Check this out:
> 
> >       http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980810S0019
> 
> >       Sun now joins SCO in releasing their operating system for
> > free for non-commercial use.  :-)  (And of course they say Linux
> > had nothing to do with it!  :-) )
> 
>         Here's the URL for Sun's original press release about the free
> Solaris program.  It has some more details and some interesting comments...
> 
>         http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/9808/sunflash.980810.2.html
> 
>         Mike
> --
>  Michael H. Warfield    |  (770) 985-6132   |  mhw@WittsEnd.com
>   (The Mad Wizard)      |  (770) 925-8248   |  http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/
>   NIC whois:  MHW9      |  An optimist believes we live in the best of all
>  PGP Key: 0xDF1DD471    |  possible worlds.  A pessimist is sure of it!