[Sunhelp] sun announcement

[Cristian CONSTANTIN]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 07:36:08PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> Got this in the mail a few minutes ago:
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> Dear Bill Bradford, 
> 
> Introducing the Solaris(tm) 8 Operating Environment! 
> 
> With the Solaris 8 Operating Environment, Sun continues its 
> leadership in delivering the premier network operating environment 
> for reliability, scalability, and manageability. Solaris 8 software 
> offers new features that drive the five critical requirements for 
> businesses today -- scalability, availability, manageability, 
> security, and connectivity -- to new heights. The Solaris 8 Operating 
> Environment increases service levels, reduces service costs, and 
> reduces IT risks -- making it the industry's first dot-com grade 
> operating environment. 
> 
> 
> Take advantage of the Free Solaris Binary License Program today! 
> 
> Now, you can run Solaris 8 software -- the dot-com operating 
> environment -- on all your systems with eight or fewer processors. 
> The Solaris 8 Operating Environment end-user license is free -- all 
> you pay is $75 (U.S.) for the cost of the media kit plus shipping. 
> 
> Plus, Sun will also provide Solaris source code to service providers, 
> Internet appliance makers, embedded systems developers, or anyone 
> else who needs to easily access the Solaris source for innovation. 
> Availability for the source code is May, 2000, and again, you only 
> pay $75 (U.S.) for the cost of the media kit plus shipping. 
> 
> For complete details about the Free Solaris Binary License Program, 
> or to place your order for the media kit, please visit: 
> 
> <A HREF="http://SunMicrosystems1.m0.net/m/s.asp?H965502869X561417">
> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/index.html</A>
> 
> For questions regarding the Free Solaris Binary License Program, 
> please send an e-mail to <A HREF="mailto:sol-binary-help at eng.sun.com">
> sol-binary-help at eng.sun.com</A>
> 
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> Information subject to change without notice. 03/00. 
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Cristian: Are they so desperate that they've started a spamming campaign??

I think that Linux can be used for dot.com too and it DOES NOT cost anything...

Bye now!
Cristian