Re: When is a server licence required?

From: Stefaan A Eeckels (hoendech_at_ecc.lu)
Date: 07/31/03

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    Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:20:30 +0200

    On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 06:35:14 +0100
    "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@ntlworld.com> wrote:

    > I'm trying to determine if a computer of mine (Sun Ultra 80), bought
    > from a non-Sun dealer, needs a workstation or a server licence to run
    > Solaris 9.
    >
    > The machine is no longer sold by Sun, but was sold as a workstation.
    > But I use it as a server, since I share its file systems to other
    > systems. Does that means it needs a workstation or server license?

    The machine is a workstation. The same hardware, in a different case
    and different PSUs, was also sold as a server. The fact that you export
    a few file systems is neither here nor there. It's a workstation, by
    Sun's own reckoning.
     
    > Going to
    > http://store.sun.com/catalog/doc/BrowsePage.jhtml?cid=91371&parentId=82426
    > I see a "Solaris 9 Multiprocessor Desktop Upgrade RTU License, 4 CPU"
    > at $199 and a "Solaris 9 Workgroup Server4 Upgrade RTU License, 4 CPU"
    > license at $999. Clicking on the links for "Part details" gives no
    > extra information.

    No need to be masochistic. Repeat after me: "The U80 is a workstation."
    Then, pay Sun its $199 and don't worry, be happy.

    Take care, 

    -- 
Stefaan
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