[osol-mktg] how much is opensolaris "free" ?

[Patrick Finch]

Hi,

It's a great question.  You'd probabaly want to sell a PC with an 
OpenSolaris distribution pre-installed, and there are now four: Nexenta, 
BeleniX, SchilliX and Solaris.  Under the CDDL, the charging (or not) 
for the distribution is down to that distribution, not Sun.

A Solaris license is free, although there is a requirement to register a 
system if the license is for commercial use.  I'm checking with the 
business group at Sun to see if they actually have a programme to help 
people who want to sell a PC with Solaris pre-installed.  I don't know 
of any restrictions on doing so (I will check).  Simply selling a system 
with Solaris on is, of course, different to being an accredited Sun partner.

However, this shouldn't become a Solaris marketing discussion:

I copy Moinak, Joerg and Alex for BeleniX, SchilliX and Nexenta 
respectively to see if they wish to comment on plans for those 
distributions.

regards

Patrick



alessioc wrote:

>let's say i'm an hardware reseller, could i sell PCs (laptops or desktops) with opensolaris pre-installed or do i need some special license - or other - with Sun?
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