From owner-freebsd-sparc Thu Nov 19 20:31:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA09418 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:31:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obie.softweyr.com ([204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA09404 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:31:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (zaphod.softweyr.com [204.68.178.35]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA06195; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:31:14 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3654F092.738ED4B5@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 21:31:14 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr llc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paolo Di Francesco CC: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clones prices... References: <19981120021328.MSYF21309.fep01-svc@winworkstation> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Paolo Di Francesco wrote: > > [ OS Right To Use.] > > > What exactly does this mean? > > > > > > > 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? No, the "Free Solaris" offer *IS* an RTU license. Plus you have to pay $10 + shipping for the media. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message