From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Nov 4 22:56: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8492014DA4 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 22:56:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA05816; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 01:54:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 01:54:56 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Tom Sparks Cc: nm , Javier Henderson , alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tru64 Unix for $99 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Tom Sparks wrote: > > I think you're wrong, there. I think Digital had the same relationship > > with AT&T (far predating the Unix selloff) that Sun has, which means *NO* > > royalties. Sun sells Solaris7 at $10 for a deal that is much like this, > > but I do see a difference: Compaq (according to the web page) is tossing > > in a full set of developer tools; Solaris7 comes free and clear of any > > such helpful things :-(. > > If this is the case, then its pretty well worth it for $100. I wrote above, $10, not $100. Ten. I know, I bought one. What a horrible experience not having source code was! > Chances are it'll come down in price anyways. Anyone remember when Solaris > 2.5 was available for $99 to 'student' ? You ought to go buy a copy, then. Public, $10. > Just remember, be glad Sun includes header files with their > distributions. With IRIX you had to *buy* them with the developers kit. > > For $100 you get a Compaq optimized compiler (apparently much better than > GCC/EGCS), headers, libraries, and who knows what else. > > Wait a couple months, it'll be out there for $50 to students/etc > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C programming, Electronics, 213 Lakeside Dr. Apt. T-1 | communications, and signal processing. Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD-current(i386) and (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD-current(Alpha) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message