Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 03 Oct 1997 12:57:43 +0200 | From | Andrej Presern <> | Subject | Re: Solaris |
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Darren Reed wrote: > > In some mail I received from Edward Welbon, sie wrote > > > > Is there some way to run solaris binaries on linux? I need to run lotus > > notes, there is a solaris port but no longer a port for SCO unix. The > > single user solaris is about $450 and is out of the question (you don't > > want to know how much the SMP server version costs). > > Somewhat amusing is the way the licensing works for Solaris-x86. > The same binaries are used for single and multi CPU kernels (if you like, > all Solaris kernels qre built qith the __SMP__ equivalence for Linux). > The difference is the _license_. Desktop is single CPU only, so putting > a 2nd CPU in your box running a desktop Solaris just means you are > running it in an unlicensed configuration. On, for an SMP license, > you need to buy the server pack which comes with ODS, etc.
You pay a factor of the price for the same binaries? Sounds like a robbery to me..
Andrej
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