Re: No more Solaris 9?! (Jerry K)

On Fri, 29 May 2009 17:05:21 +0100, <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 08:28:10 -0700
> From: Paul Theodoropoulos <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Suns-at-Home] Re: No more Solaris 9?! (Jerry K)
>
> On 5/28/2009 4:10 AM, Charles Lindsey wrote:

>>> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/
>>
>> I looked at that link, and it seemed perfectly willing to let me
>> download it, or even to purchase the DVD. No mention on any contract
>> being needed (though I didn't actually try it).
>>
> you may be looking at a cached page or something. it clearly states on
> the page that on april 28, 2009, solaris 9 reached the last state of
> EOL. there's no link to download it, no link to purchase it. there *was*
> a link before april 28th, i happened across it mid-april, and the link
> was to purchase it, for i believe $80 for the media. no more, though.
> this again presumes that you're not logged in on some form of
> super-duper support contract.
>
I agree it is gone now, but it was certainly there when I looked, and it  
was not from my cache since I had never downloaded that page before. I am  
not aware that my broadband provider does any secret cacheing, either.

So it look like Sun are doing last minute cleanups, even as we speak.

Im notice there is a "Vintage Patch Service" for Solaris 8 (but not for 9  
AFFAICS), but naturally it does not say how much it costs.

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