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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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