Oracle changed the Solaris license terms?
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From: Non scrivetemi on 20 Mar 2010 16:18 Hi, Is Solaris now only a 30 day trial and after that you have to pay? Or can you still download and use Solaris on x86 for free?
From: Ian Collins on 20 Mar 2010 16:28 On 03/21/10 09:18 AM, Non scrivetemi wrote: > Hi, > > Is Solaris now only a 30 day trial and after that you have to pay? Or can > you still download and use Solaris on x86 for free? > Um, the licensing information (from http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp) now says: "Please remember, your right to use Solaris acquired as a download is limited to a trial of 90 days, unless you acquire a service contract for the downloaded Software." Does anyone have a copy of what it used to say? -- Ian Collins
From: Canuck57 on 20 Mar 2010 16:54 On 20/03/2010 2:18 PM, Non scrivetemi wrote: > Hi, > > Is Solaris now only a 30 day trial and after that you have to pay? Or can > you still download and use Solaris on x86 for free? If true, it will be the kiss of death to Solaris and drop it's adoption for many. Funny timing to, I was loading Linux as my next web server to replace the aging Solaris one. I really like Solaris but can see this happening. At best, Solaris is now in maintenance mode. I can't say this is unexpected news for me as I have watched how Oracle does things in the past. Solaris is the best OS out there bar none, but given Oracle now controls it, the OS is now destined to wither into the background. I would not doubt they will monkey with MySQL as well. And I don't see any of the forks doing well for MySQL. OpenSolaris, I am sure it hasn't made any headway into businesses or I would see it. It too is going to wither as a hobbiest excercise as there is no impelling reason to use it over a Linux distro. My future, Linux with PostgreSQL. Funny too as Ingres is the first UNIX DB I used, and I thought it was always superior to Oracle back then, sure was faster.
From: Chris Ridd on 20 Mar 2010 17:25 On 2010-03-20 20:28:12 +0000, Ian Collins said: > On 03/21/10 09:18 AM, Non scrivetemi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is Solaris now only a 30 day trial and after that you have to pay? Or can >> you still download and use Solaris on x86 for free? >> > Um, the licensing information (from > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp) now says: > > "Please remember, your right to use Solaris acquired as a download is > limited to a trial of 90 days, unless you acquire a service contract > for the downloaded Software." > > Does anyone have a copy of what it used to say? The wayback machine (running on Solaris or OpenSolaris IIRC) shows the page in 2008 <http://web.archive.org/web/20080614035850/http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/popup.jsp?info=17>. It just says you must have an entitlement doc. -- Chris
From: Ian Collins on 20 Mar 2010 17:51
On 03/21/10 10:25 AM, Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-03-20 20:28:12 +0000, Ian Collins said: > >> On 03/21/10 09:18 AM, Non scrivetemi wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is Solaris now only a 30 day trial and after that you have to pay? Or >>> can >>> you still download and use Solaris on x86 for free? >>> >> Um, the licensing information (from >> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp) now says: >> >> "Please remember, your right to use Solaris acquired as a download is >> limited to a trial of 90 days, unless you acquire a service contract >> for the downloaded Software." >> >> Does anyone have a copy of what it used to say? > > The wayback machine (running on Solaris or OpenSolaris IIRC) shows the > page in 2008 > <http://web.archive.org/web/20080614035850/http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/popup.jsp?info=17>. > It just says you must have an entitlement doc. So the last sentence I quoted has been tacked on the end. Sneaky. -- Ian Collins |