starting $1, 000.00 - Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware

[Edward Martinez]

seems like "solaris subs" for OEM, now can be purchase from oracle store for people that need them:-)


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Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket server)

Get world class, global support with Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware for Solaris with the choice of x86 hardware.
$1,000.00 / Socket

Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (5+ socket server)

Get world class, global support with Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware for Solaris with the choice of x86 hardware.
$2,000.00 / Socket

https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/product?p1=oraclesolaris&sc=ocom_solarispremiersubscription

[Richard L. Hamilton]

AFAIK, that's pretty much what they said they'd do (as contrasted
with coming out with one more OpenSolaris release, which they had
said they'd do but didn't). So for those who want to run Solaris on
non-Oracle x86 hardware on the HCL in a business setting, it's (still) possible.

The lack of a low-end support option (no human time spent to respond
to specific problems, just online access to info and updates), affordable
(at least for small systems) by home users or freeware developers, is still
disappointing though.

Any freeware developer, and potentially home users and students too
eventually, increase the value of the ecosystem, whether by writing or
porting software that runs on the platform, or by some of them becoming
future big-ticket customers. That's practically free money, too; no
cost aside from bandwidth and setting up the account to provide low-end
software support. And it's money that wouldn't be there without the
low-end option. Heck, it's even free advertising!

[Alasdair Lumsden]

Post by Richard L. Hamilton
The lack of a low-end support option (no human time spent to respond
to specific problems, just online access to info and updates), affordable
(at least for small systems) by home users or freeware developers, is still
disappointing though.

Yes. However it gives the community a very very good reason to do it's own distro, and provide updates for that.

Oracle have made it clear they're going after the top end of the market. The community can (and will) provide for itself, now they've stopped spoon feeding us :-)

[Erik Trimble]

Post by Edward Martinez
seems like "solaris subs" for OEM, now can be purchase from oracle store for people that need them:-)
Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (1-4 socket server)
Get world class, global support with Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware for Solaris with the choice of x86 hardware.
$1,000.00 / Socket
Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware (5+ socket server)
Get world class, global support with Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware for Solaris with the choice of x86 hardware.
$2,000.00 / Socket
https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/product?p1=oraclesolaris&sc=ocom_solarispremiersubscription

Just to be completely above board, these Premium Subscriptions also
cover support for things *besides* Solaris - such as the Oracle
Unbreakable Linux distro, the Xen-based VM setup, etc. See here for a
complete list of what the Premium Support option includes:

http://www.oracle.com/us/support/software/premier/index.html


Also, this being Oracle and all, all prices are subject to intense
negotiation - what you see as the price is not necessarily what you pay.
Though it might be. :-)






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