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Sun Releases Solaris 9 for Intel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sunshine-lollipops-and-rainbows dept.

nairnr writes "Sun has announced that it is releasing Solaris 9 for Intel. Any takers? According to Sun, it extends the 'enterprise class OS to the X86 market'. How nice of them. Non-commercial usage is available at no charge, while commercial pricing starts at US $99; attractive OEM pricing is also available. Source code for Solaris will now be available. It seems they are after Microsoft, not Linux. More Power to them."

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  1. Wow... by Vermyndax · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who will they sue when no one buys it or puts it on the shelves?

    --Vermyndax

  2. Solaris is better than Linux. by MisterFancypants · · Score: -1, Troll

    As much as I dislike Sun, I have to admit that Solaris is better than Linux. Probably because Sun's engineers put technology before politics and ideology.

    1. Re:Solaris is better than Linux. by axxackall · · Score: -1, Troll
      I don't see any politics driving people to prefer Linux vs Solaris on their PC servers and desktops around the world.

      Sun may declare that they want Windows users, but in fact usually non-Windoes users are smart and/or free enough to choose operating systems. Therefore, Sun wants Linux (as well as BSD) users to switch to Solaris.

      There are three evils for Linux: Microsoft, Apple and Sun. Not sure which is worse.

      --

      Less is more !
    2. Re:Solaris is better than Linux. by gammoth · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yeah, the free market idealogical crap is soooo much better.

  3. free CD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You can actually find a free sample CD here - (Link shortend by snipurl). Just fill out the forms, and Sun will send you an educational copy of solaris 9. I think you are allowed one license per download. Can't recall, and I don't have time to read the fine print.