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Solaris 9 Support On x86 - But With A Price

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the need-to-make-money dept.

choka writes "According to this ZDNet UK article, Solaris 9 will return to x86 platform for $99 instead of being free. There will also be a $20 early access version for testing. Support and update will cost $75 per month. However there is no mention on the Solaris web site yet." There's more than just not being free -- originally, rumor had it that Sun was not going to be supporting, in a major way, Solaris 9 on x86 at all -- that decision has now been reversed. See our past article for information about the original decision.

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  1. 99 bucks??? by killthiskid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do I read this right? I can buy and run Solaris 9 for only 99 bucks? Is anyone doing this?

    Is there a catch?

  2. The obvious question by vlad_petric · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Who would use Solaris/x86 ? I mean, as a previous post mentioned, a default install is basically useless, furthermore there are very few apps precompiled for it (and I don't think it does well in terms of hardware support either).

    It's usually Linux eating up Solaris' market share, not the other way around.

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  3. Re:Solaris Sucks by DrinkDr.Pepper · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I simply meant that Solaris is a relatively dead OS. I don't understand why anyone would want to use x86 Solaris even if given away. There are so many other solutions available like linux or BSD for x86. Even the logic behind paying for Solaris on a Sparc platform escapes me. Again because there are so many other viable solutions such as Aurora linux. It runs great on my Ultra 1, and has better support from within the comunity than from SUN. Please tell me why this was considered "Offtopic" and "Flamebait."

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