[SunHELP] Solaris 9 released

[Lionel Peterson]

Steve,

The U30 is single-processor, the U60 is dual (not
familiar with the U80, I guess it is SMP as well).

As Bill mentioned, it appears to be an "honor system"
not limited version of the OS (it would work on a dual
CPU U60, if you tired it).

If respecting the license is important to you, then I
wonder what the price of a legal multi-CPU system
license would be...

BTW, the $95 "full" kit includes StarOffice 6 - an $80
value, if you were thinking about getting that, then
the full kit looks to be a bargain (in my opinion).
Lionel

--- Steve Wingate <stevew at velosystems.net> wrote:
> http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/licensing.html
> >
> > There is nothing in place (that I know of) to
> enforce this licensing; they
> > just want you to pay more if you have more than
> one CPU... However, in

> Personally, I think they should have made it free
> for use on systems with
> fewer than four processors. I run Solaris on an
> Ultra 5 at home and I have
> been considering picking up a Dual U30 or U60. The
> new licensing puts a
> damper on that plan already.
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