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Date:      Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:14:15 -0800
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
To:        Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        Oliver Blasnik <oliver.blasnik@nextra.de>, sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Typhoon?  (was: newsgroup server recommendation)
Message-ID:  <20001220101415.A48459@cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10012200832150.13072-100000@misery.sdf.com>; from tom@sdf.com on Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 08:33:40AM -0800
References:  <008e01c06a6d$8006e950$6560310a@intern.nextra.de> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10012200832150.13072-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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> > Hi there,
> > 
> > Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >   Of course not!  Now that Solaris 8 is available for x86 for media costs
> > > only (about $75), there really is no real reason to consider Linux for
> > > running Typhoon.  Solaris has a much better thread implementation as well,
> > > which should really benefit Typhoon.
> > 
> > Ok, now absolutely off-topic *eg*:
> > 
> > You're correct, the Media is about 75$. But you do only get the licence for
> > private use - check that out. And Sol/x86 is really, really expensive, com-
> > pared to Sol/Sparc (ok, _then_ it's the hardware...).
> > Or have I missed something?
> 
>   You must.  I have a copy of the license, and it allows me to use Solaris
> x86 for any purpose.  It is basically a site license for X machines in my
> organization.

You can use Solaris x86 (and Sparc) on as many computers and for any
purpose. The only limitation is the computer must have 8 or fewer CPU's. I
do believe that it used to be for personal use only, but it was changed a
while ago.





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