RE: Not an OS war.. Just a simple question- Free vs. Open BSD

[Ken Seefried <kseefried@DigitalMoJo.com>]

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Allow me to kick the dog, too.  For personal use, you can get a copy of
Solaris for x86 or SPARC for the cost of shipping the CDs.  Go to
www.sun.com and look for the developer programs.  Somewhere under there is
the free(ish) non-commercial Solaris offer.

Ken


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Behm, Jeffrey L. [mailto:BehmJL@bvsg.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: 'firewalls@Lists.GNAC.NET'
> Subject: RE: Not an OS war.. Just a simple question- Free vs. Open BSD
> 
> 
> Yeah, I just couldn't let the sleeping dog lie, could I?
> 
> >
> >#Or you could buy some *real* hardware instead of Pea Seas and run
> >#Solaris or AIX :-)
> >
> >The bank won't let me remortgage my house just to buy 
> Solaris, though.
> >They obviously don't know whats truly important in life.
> >
> 
> Actually, the Solaris license is free when you buy Sun hardware.
> 
> If you want X86 license for intel platform, then you have to 
> _shell out_
> $695 (Aug 1999 list price) for a server license and media kit.
> 
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