Solaris 10 for free ($0)

jlliagre · 11-18-2004, 05:37 AM

Solaris new pricing model for Solaris 10 is available at:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris...smodelfaq.html
A free license for up to 4 CPU on SPARC / x86 H/W will be available, and not restricted to non commercial use, like previous were !

neilman · 11-20-2004, 08:20 PM

Any links to download this thing? I've tried several on their site and they all just hang. I can't imagine the demand is so hot that it would end up like that. Maybe a BitTorrent to an ISO? These Sun guys have to be more clever with their distribution, eh?

jlliagre · 11-20-2004, 10:09 PM

First, My posting was referring to Solaris 10 which is not yet available (it should be by the end of next january).

Second, you can download a beta version, which still has the previous licensing restriction, at:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris...press/get.html

About half a million Solaris downloads have been made in the last 12 month or so, and I'm not aware of any problem on the site.