On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Chris Ridd wrote:
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.
The download still seems to be a "free, full-license copy" for SDN
members; the $1015 you quote is for the standard Sun Software
service plan. Is a service plan now *required*, a la Solaris 10?
There is no telling. Everything is subject to evaluation by Oracle
and it is not clear which parts of the web site are confirmed and
which parts are still subject to change. In the past it was free to
join SDN but if one was to put an 'M' in front of that SDN, then there
would be a subtantial yearly charge for membership (up to $10,939 USD
per year according to Wikipedia). This is a world that Oracle has
been commonly exposed to in the past. Not everyone who uses a
compiler qualifies as a "developer".
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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