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irj@ddraig.demon.co.uk (Ian Johnson) wrote:

>In article <4tojpb$cj@cucumber.demon.co.uk>, andrew@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) writes:
>|> It's really stupid that Sun don't push it more for the home user.
>|> I know a few people who would have bought it if they could pick
>|> it off the shelf (or mail-order) at their local computer shop as
>|> they can for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and (occationally) SCO.
>|> 

>There is pricing :(

How much does Solaris x86 cost? I got Solaris for SPARC for 70 quid
plus VAT last week. How does this compare to Solaris? (Beats BSDI -
that in the 700 region, unless you know journalists... :-)

>I would much rather run solaris (although the heretic in me prefers 4.1.3) but I want 
>Sun's developers environment and C/C++ compiler as well.  Manuals would be a nice touch
>and support for a wide range of PC hardware ....

CDE is nice, and gcc is OK (SPARCWorks/SPARCompiler 4 is nicer but a
tad more expensive....). Also the licensing software is _very_
annoying.

>I feel Sun have got the pricing way wrong for the home user. Get it shipping for a
>similar price to NT/MS C would be an idea.

The home SPARC user won't having any trouble buying Solaris, but the
cheapest I've seen SPARCompiler 4 for is about 610 plus VAT. Then
again gcc probably isn't as mature on NT...

M.



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