Solaris 9 Support On x86 - But With A Price

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.

Comments

Re:$20 for testing?

[mrseigen]

It's weird, the smaller Sun's installed base gets, the angrier they get at the x86 customers.

Finally UNIX comes to x86!

[truth_revealed]

We can all throw out our 32-bit DOS extenders now that Sun has graced us with an x86 UNIX.

Re:Which begs the obvious question:

[DrinkDr.Pepper]

Why pay uberbucks for Solaris on x86 instead of using Slackware or OpenBSD for free? Its like when you continue to drive your 1988 Cutlass, which is in the shop for repairs every other week, when your brand new prowler sits in the garage gathering dust.