Re: Solaris
Andrej Presern (andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si)
Fri, 03 Oct 1997 12:57:43 +0200
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