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Thursday August 13 10:33 AM ET
Sun To Offer Solaris For Free To Noncommercial Users
Charles Babcock, ZDNet
Sun Microsystems Inc. said recently that it is going to
make its Solaris operating system available for free to noncommercial
users on both its Sparc and Intel Corp.'s hardware.
Those qualified to receive Solaris for $20 - to cover shipping and handling -
include educators, researchers and students, said Sun spokesman Ry Schwark.
The giveaway is part of an expanded Sun Developer Connection program.
Noncommercial developers may order a copy at www.sun.com/developers.
Academics and researchers may order a copy at www.sun.com/edu/solaris.
Sun recently reduced the price of Solaris for one- to four-processor
servers to $695, a price point below the competing Microsoft Corp. Windows NT.
Sun's decision to make its operating system available for free in certain
cases follows the appearance of Linus Torvalds on the cover of
the Aug. 10 issue of Forbes magazine. His photo illustrates an article
on the growing acceptance of the open source code movement, in which
developers collaborate on the software product over the Internet, then
make it available for free. Torvalds is the author of Linux, a free
version of Unix that runs on Intel hardware.
Kim Jones, Sun's vice president for academic and research computing,
said the Sun giveaway keeps Solaris in step with Sun's Java Development
Kit, which also is available for free. "This is the ideal complement to
the Sun program that offers free Java development tools for teaching,"
she said.
Sun's move also follows IBM Corp.'s announcement that it will include
the Apache open source code Web server in its WebSphere application
server, as well as announcements from Informix Corp. and Oracle Corp.
that the companies were offering their database management systems
under Linux.
Sun can be reached at www.sun.com
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1) Замечу, что под некоммерческим использованием помимо всего прочего
подразумевается еще и установка дома для ознакомления.
2) Обратите внимание на стоимость нормальной коммерческой версии.
3) Для заказа CD-ROM с самого SUN-а нужна кредитная карточка. (Говорят что
Cirrus/Maestro катит как Mastercard). $10 стоит сам CD-ROM + $33 доставка по
миру.
4) Интересно, участвует ли в этой программе местное отделение SUN или хотябы
один из реселлеров. $33 за доставку платить - жаба душит да еще и кредитную
карту заводить лень. :)
─│┌╚ WBR, Alex.
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С тем, что не помешает никогда,
Kittle