Re: Need IRIX help bad...

From: S.C.Sprong (scsprong_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/06/05

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    Thomas Jahns <Thomas.Jahns@epost.de> wrote:
    >roberson@mts.net (Walter Roberson) writes:

    [ SGI licensing ]
     
    >> That European policy reflects EU directives on copyright and licensing,
    >> and is NOT the SGI policy in North America. The SGI policy in North
    >
    >That's because despite all the legalese on the media packs, it's not
    >possible to sell a copy of a piece of software without the rights to use
    >in most European countries.

    So, as a hobbyist you do the following (lifted from an earlier posting):

    1) Acquire a 6.5 kit on Ebay (cost ~ EUR 100 or less) or elsewhere.

    2) Register your SGI machine at techsupport.sgi.com for a free maintenance
       support contract. They ask for a serial number, which is really the
       computer's MAC adress.

    3) Download the maintenance upgrade kit, currently at 6.5.22m, and also
       download all relevant patches, notably patch 5086.

    4) Read install instructions & install 6.5.

    5) Read patch & upgrade instructions and do likewise.

    Voila: an as good as new Irix installation.

    If your kit is too old: run NetBSD.

    >So don't expect to see software for rent in Europe unless some major
    >breakthrough in software engineering happened to prevent all kinds of
    >software errors most of us experience daily.

    An invasion or massive bribery by the large merkin software companies is
    far easier, quicker, and cheaper.

    I'm _so_ glad that the idiotic software patent bill proposal was binned
    today. Until the next round.

    scs

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