From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 20 08:23:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA24314 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 08:23:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA24308; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 08:23:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (haldjas.folklore.ee [172.17.2.1] (may be forged)) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.8.8/8.8.4) with SMTP id SAA05364; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 18:23:15 +0200 (EET) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 18:23:15 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Drew Baxter cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , asmodai@wxs.nl, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun Source Code? In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981220111041.00c03b40@genesis.ispace.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Drew Baxter wrote: > At 06:09 PM 12/20/98 +0200, Narvi wrote: > >Actually, as Solris is 10 bucks for personal use only, the equation really > >is - > > give people Solaris, so they are used to it. They know Solaris, so > > they will want to put it to use, so now is the moment to sell them > > the multi-user licence and make money. > > Personal? I think you'll find it says (on the letter that comes with the > 10 dollar kit): > > "I am delighted you've reached out to this special Solaris operating > environment promotion for enthusiasts, non-commercial developers, members > of the academic community, and other non-commercial enthusiasts worldwide > wanting access to this industry-leading development platform". > > That's a little different than 'personal use only'. Especially since I > work in a school. > I see. I wrote personal use only because I saw the string "single user licence" somewhere. And single user == personal use in a sense (well, ok, maybe the sense is probably not so apparent to the native English speakers). If the CDE on the CD worked with FreeBSD emulation of SVR4.... Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions. > > --- > Drew "Droobie" Baxter > Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) > OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA > http://www.droo.orland.me.us > > PGP ID: 409A1F7D > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message