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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: What's happening to ISC UNIX?
- Message-ID: <Bz8BqE.MqA@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 03:15:50 GMT
- References: <1992Dec7.024351.24651@vpnet.chi.il.us> <Bz23FF.B8y@feanor.xel.com>
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- In article <Bz23FF.B8y@feanor.xel.com> shaw@feanor.xel.com (Greg Shaw) writes:
- >Gerry Swetsky (lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us) wrote:
- >: In article <ByuJ24.F6A@maxed.amg.com> ed@maxed.amg.com (Ed Whittemore) writes:
- >: >In article <1992Dec6.044637.13901@fasttech.com> zeke@fasttech.com (Bohdan Tashchuk) writes:
- >: >
- >: >>>Interactive/SunSoft 3.0 is available now and will allow you to
- >: >>>upgrade to Solaris 2.0 for $195 just for having it.
- >: >
- >: >This is true.
- >:
- >: For a SINGLE USER version!
- >
- >I've been reading the sun admin groups lately. SunOS 4.1 generally ships
- >with a 2-user license, but, it does not ENFORCE the license. If this is
- >what Solaris will do, then a SINGLE USER version will be the same as the
- >unlimited user version.
- >
- >I'm just hypothesizing, so don't take my word as gospel.
-
- Don't bet on it.
-
- The Solaris 2.x version DOES include a metering package which SunSoft uses
- for their compiler sales.
-
- I wouldn't be surprised to see that they have inserted hooks to this in
- other areas of the OS. No idea if they really have (I haven't tried Solaris
- 2.x on a Sun yet, I'm waiting for 2.1) but the capability IS there.
-
- --
- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
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