[NTLUG:Discuss] difference between linux and solaris

Will Senn wsenn at postfuture.com
Fri Mar 16 08:16:38 CST 2001


Dan,

I haven't seen anywhere to download it from, I have a T1.  However,
as to there volume - 811,582 copies as of this morning(from sun.com
homepage).
Granted, 8 cds for $75 is reasonable.

Will

>In this case "free" means that you are not paying for a license to to use
>the software.  If you want them to send it to you on CDs, you do have to
>pay $75 for that.  There is no cost if you want to download it and burn
>your own CDs.  $75 does seem a little high, but the multilingual version
>comes on ~8 CDs, so it isn't entirely out of line, given that their volume
>probably isn't very high.




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