Re: End of "Free" Solaris binary licence program - now it's free.

From: Daan (dgoedkoop_at_gmx.net)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:18:08 +0100

Hello,

A free download of Solaris 9 is getting hard to find. That does not mean it
is impossible, though. I have been able to find the following downloads
(directly from Sun):

Solaris 8 SPARC 7/03:
http://sdlcweb2d.sun.com:80/ECom/EComActionServlet?StoreId=8&PartDetailId=Solaris_8_PSR3-SP-G-F&TransactionId=try&LMLoadBalanced=

Solaris 9 SPARC 9/04:
http://survey.sun.com/ViewsFlash/servlet/viewsflash?cmd=showform&pollid=sol9_download

Solaris 9 x86 9/04:
http://survey.sun.com/ViewsFlash/servlet/viewsflash?cmd=showform&pollid=Red%21sol9_x86_download

Hoping that it is of any use, and sorry for the long lines :-)

Daan.

GWS wrote:

> Dave <nospam@nowhere.com> writes:
>
>>Sorry if this is old news (I've not checked the newsgroups recently) but
>>can't see it in Google Groups.
>
>>It would appear the 'Free Solaris Binary License Program' (which in its
>>Solaris 9 version was not very "free" at all) seems to have ended.
>
>>http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries_program.xml
>
>>Instead it would appear (although I have not gone over the full terms of
>>the license) that Soaris 10 really is free, even on multi-processor
>>machines, under a 'Rights to Use' license.
>
>>http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp
>
>>This is good news I am sure.
>
>>The only downside seems to be that Solaris 9 is no longer available,
>>which is a shame for people with older machines.
>
> I tried "http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9 and the Solaris 9 page
> still comes up complete with a 'Get the Software' button that goes to a
> page which allows selection of downloading Solaris released from 7 through
> to 10. However when you click on the Solaris 9 link it only presents a
> list of options to buy media kits, not download ISO's... sigh
>
> My most recent version of the genuine Solaris 9 media pack is 12/03 which
> is quite dated now. I wonder if there is still a way to download ISO's for
> the 04/04 or later Solaris 9 releases (if there were any after 04/04)?
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig.

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