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Sun Introduces Subscription Solaris

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-to-play dept.

cyberlync writes "Sun is planning to implement a pricing policy similar to Microsoft's recent subscription pricing plan. Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice president of software, said that they are calling this project Orion. It looks like another attempt to grab more cash in this nasty economy to me. Schwartz said that they are going to try a similar senario with linux soon as well. On a side note, it mentions some interesting things about a new desktop distro of linux."

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  1. Re:like, totally by Anita+Coney · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one is arguing that Sun should provide free software. The complaint is that Sun is raising its prices without adding any new value.

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  2. Before we start attacking Sun... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember, they are a company responsible to shareholders. Sun is tanking, the economy is tanking - what is Sun supposed to do? This shouldn't be a blame game but a step back to evaluate what Sun is doing and why they are doing it (to post a profit not a loss for starters).