From owner-freebsd-sparc Thu Nov 19 18:46:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA29811 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:46:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.Sun.COM (mercury.Sun.COM [192.9.25.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA29806 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:46:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kurihara@rindou.Japan.Sun.COM) Received: from Japan.Sun.COM ([129.158.31.2]) by mercury.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/mail.byaddr) with SMTP id SAA28756 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 18:46:27 -0800 Received: from pine.Japan.Sun.COM by Japan.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4-sd.fkk200) id LAA20780; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:43:35 +0900 Received: from uganju.Japan.Sun.COM by pine.Japan.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA06856; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:46:47 +0900 Received: from uganju by uganju.Japan.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA06180; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:45:57 +0900 Message-Id: <199811200245.LAA06180@uganju.Japan.Sun.COM> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:45:57 +0900 (JST) From: Nobuhiro Kurihara Reply-To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clones prices... To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: dtmail 1.2.0 CDE Version 1.2 SunOS 5.6 sun4u sparc Content-Type: text X-Sun-Text-Type: ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > Hum... These prices are not competitive compared to the Intel world, but I know > > > it's Sun world 8( > > > > > > Another question: are they competitive compared to Sun Ultra5/10? > > > > It should be so. But I suspect Ultra5/10 may drop the price... > > > > Hum.... When Will Sun publish its next list about prices? If Ultra 5/10 drop, > maybe Axi drops. Right? > > (I hope! I'm a student and students are not rich.... 8( ) Not only student can mean "not rich" Please don't ask me about price :-) Actually, the price is changing so often, I can show only a snapshot. (And, I'm not a sales person) > > This RTU is a right to use Solaris. For these boards, CD-ROM or > > any other media is not shipped with the board. If OEM has RTU > > they can install Solaris and use it. Media is sold as separate > > product. Many OEMs don't want to receive same CD-ROM sets with > > every single board :-) > > What does this mean from the user's point of view? I'm a student so I can buy > Solaris for media cost, but without RTU can I install my new > (ipotetical) beautiful Solaris 2.7 on these Boards? I mean, Have I to buy > something like a licence or the motherboard and Solaris is enough? Legally speaking, if your media doesn't come with RTU, you cannot. The licensing/product matrix is complex enough to be confused. But, there's a hope for non-commercial Solaris users, I believe you can get FREE from Sun. Please refer: http://www.sun.com/developers/promofaq.html nob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message