On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Bob Friesenhahn <
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Tim Cook wrote:
>
>>
>> If there is ever another OpenSolaris formal release, then the situation
>> will be different.
>>
>> Cmon now, have a little faith.  It hasn't even slipped past March yet :)
>>  Of course it'd be way more fun if someone from Sun threw caution to the
>> wind and told us what the hold-up is *cough*oracle*cough*.
>>
>
> Oracle is a total "cold boot" for me.  Everything they have put on their
> web site seems carefully designed to cast fear and panic into the former Sun
> customer base and cause substantial doubt, dismay, and even terror.  I don't
> know what I can and can't trust.  Every bit of trust that Sun earned with me
> over the past 19 years is clean-slated.
>
> Regardless, it seems likely that Oracle is taking time to change all of the
> copyrights, documentation, and logos to reflect the new othership.  They are
> probably re-evaluating which parts should be included for free in
> OpenSolaris.  The name "Sun" is deeply embedded in Solaris.  All of the
> Solaris 10 packages include "SUN" in their name.
>
> Yesterday I noticed that the Sun Studio 12 compiler (used to build
> OpenSolaris) now costs a minimum of $1,015/year.  The "Premium" service plan
> costs $200 more.
>
> Bob
> --
> Bob Friesenhahn
> bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
> GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/



Where did you see that?  It looks to be free to me:
Sun Studio 12 Update 1 - FREE for SDN members.

SDN members can download a free, full-license copy of Sun Studio 12 Update
1.

--Tim
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