[SunHELP] Solaris 9 released

[Lionel Peterson]

Again, forgot to add the maillist... Ugh.

--- Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 08:30:59 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [SunHELP] Solaris 9 released
> To: Andy Bastien <lists at yuggoth.net>
> 
> --- Andy Bastien <lists at yuggoth.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2002-05-25 at 11:16, Lionel Peterson
> wrote:
> > StarOffice is based on OpenOffice, which is an
> > open-source and free (beer) product.  StarOffice
> > adds a few gizmos and tech support, so that's
> > what you're paying for.
> 
> I believe OpenOffice is based on a (now) older
> release of StarOffice, not the other way around...
> 
> > Does it include a license?  Some copies of
> > Solaris 8 come with a Bonus Software pack
> > that includes the compiler software, but
> > doesn't include a full license.  It's a
> > try-before-you-buy sort of thing, I believe.
> 
> I don't *know*, but all signs lead to it being the
> previous relase (Forte Developer is up to release 7,
> the Sun website says Forte Developer 6 is included),
> and I forget where I saw it, but I think the two big
> differences between the retail software and the
> bundled version may be the exclusion of the GUI and
> the debugger.
> 
> I listened to the webcast pointed to on the sunhelp
> home page, and it refered to the Sun ONE Developer
> Stack, and others have indicated that they are
> targeting this version of the "Free" Solaris OS to
> the developer market - one can only assume this is
> to stem the migration of developers to GNU/Linux-
> based OSs, and the lack of a compiler is a big
> differentiator.
> 
> My view is that Sun/Solaris OE group took a look at
> everything included in the standard GNU/Linux
> offerings and attempted to match them at some level
> (companion CD, Forte compilers, etc.) and improve on
> some other levels (all the advanced environment
> tools) while keeping the price *reasonable*.
> 
> If you look at everything included in the Solaris 9
> OE Media Kit, a newly built machine will have
> OpenSSH, Forte Compilers, an evaluation/development
> install of Oracle 9i, and a rather robust suite of
> Sun ONE offerings... Not bad for $100, in my
> opinion...
> 
> I won't have a definite answer about the included
> Forte Developer license until my System
> Administrator Media kit arrives, but it would
> seem consistent with Sun's stated objectives to
> have bundled the compilers with the operating
> environment.
> 
> Lionel
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