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Solaris 8 & 9 Free for x86 Once Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-more-os-to-cram-onto-your-box dept.

REBloomfield writes "The Register is reporting that after nearly two years, Solaris x86 8 & 9 is once again Free (as in beer) to download for x86 users." You can download it if you desire. Gives me college flashbacks.

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  1. Weehee! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OMFG that's good news.

    Cheers SUN. Have a beer, as in free.

    psstt... cloik!

  2. bastard jews again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    they're everywhere!

    1. Re:bastard jews again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      siegheil mein fuhrer

  3. Hmmm... by Rotten168 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... so how long will it be before Sun files for bankruptzy?

  4. haha by VAXGeek · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, good thing they made it free. Solaris x86 is worth $0 anyway. Even Sun is making their desktop system Linux for X86, with their "java" desktop. I think this will be one of the last x86 Solaris releases. Sun is basically throwing away $ every second they develop Solaris instead of their Linux distribution.

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  5. Re:What about PPC users? by ChaseTec · · Score: 0, Troll

    >>Solaris x86 8 & 9 is once again Free (as in beer) to download for x86 users.
    >Can we download the x86 version for free? ;)

    No, it requires the use of the right mouse button.

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  6. Re:Hardware Support by mog007 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I dunno about that, but the vaporware runs great!

    *Runs back to Duke Nukem Forever*

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  7. Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This bastard Groenveld is running Solaris on X86, not even on Sun boxes... how strange it is that he has the balls to start threatening. What does he think he is, that Sun has to bow down to his desires? Hope this free sucking leach of a bastard goes to hell.