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Sun to Sell Unbundled Solaris 9

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the software-bundling-gone-awry dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sun VP John Loiacono told eWEEK that the company is scrapping its plan to limit Solaris 9 support to Sun x86 hardware. Loiacono said the version for non-Sun hardware will retail for $99 for a single CPU and that the company is committed to supporting both Sun and non-Sun hardware in the future. Sun will also publicize the compatibility test suite it used internally, and said it may ultimately open the code for the product to the open source community."

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  1. One CPU? by acehole · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I've got a dual system, does that mean it wont install on my system or just wont make use of smp?

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  2. In other news by ealar+dlanvuli · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Statan called, he said he might need a new heating system.

    Pigs are now flying outside my window.

    I might actually get a sun box at home.

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