[Hudlug] Solaris download

[Chris Lindley]

On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 11:36, Les Burns wrote:
> Sticks in the throat tho- they promised it for free for a long long
> time.

Yup. they say that this is a free download, just some sort of
administrative charge or some such garbage!!

I got this info from an email they sent me when I applied for the
original "free download for developers" offer yonks back.

It seems the original offer was oversubscribed!!

Cheers
Chris

> On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 08:51, Brian Spencer wrote:
> > 850 Meg!!!!!
> > 
> > No problem with a 500 meg broadband connection
> > 
> > Brian Spencer
> > (recent new member)
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Chris Lindley" <chris.lindley@scotgate.org>
> > To: "list HUDLUG" <hudlug@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 6:44 PM
> > Subject: [Hudlug] Solaris download
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > just though that some people may like to know that you can d/l the
> > > Solaris OS for x86 for a minimal charge of 20 dollars!
> > > 
> > > http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/binaries/get.html
> > > 
> > > it;s over 850megs though!!!!
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > Chris
> > > 
> > > -- 
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  Chris Lindley                                  
  chris.lindley@scotgate.org          chrishl@bmb.leeds.ac.uk
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