[rescue] Sun's new policy sucks...

Thu Apr 7 00:32:11 CDT 2005

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 00:17:01 -0500
Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 06:42:32PM -0700, haroldkarl at juno.com wrote:
> > So, now you have to buy yearly subscriptions for Solaris 10 updates...
> > like $120 or so.
> 
> URL/details?  My understanding was that patches were free, but *support*
> is $$$.

http://www.sun.com/service/solaris10/

The following is from http://www.sun.com/service/solaris10/faq.html

"Q. What patches/fixes/updates do you get with a Service Plan?
 A. With Service Plans, you get separate patches/fixes as they become available. Without a Service Plan, you can only get all the patches/fixes when they are rolled into a complete OS release. Security fixes are available to all."

--andy.