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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. I tried apt-get on Slowaris 9 by Dutchie · · Score: 0, Troll

    But it still didn't work.

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  2. Re:Finally UNIX comes to x86! by xanadu-xtroot.com · · Score: 0, Troll

    Have you been in a hole for a year or so? Sun released Solaris 8 for the x86 quite some time ago. This is not news. It's just a new version.

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