One of the funniest comments I've heard regarding whatever vs. linux was "ask a linux person what time it is and they tell you how to build a clock." There's some truth to that, definitely.
This does a bit more than just imply that I can acquire and use the OS without the request of monetary exchange. Yet I'm sure with a careful review of the license we'd find this statement means something else entirely: you can use it freely on your system once you've paid us to get it.
If I had a stack of Jacksons to hand over one by one to develop my technical knowledge, this might not be an issue. Yet $20 right now *is* significant and I'm not willing to pay for an experiment in installation.
This press release intrigued me to revisit Solaris which I've not dealt with for a few years now. Many job postings I've encountered recently are asking for recent versions of Solaris and it'd be helpful careerwise to work on this OS.
But I'm reluctant. As mentioned above $20 is a significant sum right now, there's the principle of the contradicting press release, I don't know if this will even install on my system, and I picked up somewhere running on a dual CPU required commercial licensing.
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Sir, just mind your own business please. Carry on.
One of the funniest comments I've heard regarding whatever vs. linux was "ask a linux person what time it is and they tell you how to build a clock." There's some truth to that, definitely.
The press release of Feb 6, 2003 states:
Non-commercial usage is available at no charge
This does a bit more than just imply that I can acquire and use the OS without the request of monetary exchange. Yet I'm sure with a careful review of the license we'd find this statement means something else entirely: you can use it freely on your system once you've paid us to get it.
If I had a stack of Jacksons to hand over one by one to develop my technical knowledge, this might not be an issue. Yet $20 right now *is* significant and I'm not willing to pay for an experiment in installation.
This press release intrigued me to revisit Solaris which I've not dealt with for a few years now. Many job postings I've encountered recently are asking for recent versions of Solaris and it'd be helpful careerwise to work on this OS.
But I'm reluctant. As mentioned above $20 is a significant sum right now, there's the principle of the contradicting press release, I don't know if this will even install on my system, and I picked up somewhere running on a dual CPU required commercial licensing.