On 7/19/06, Donald E Haselwood <dhaselwood@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > > Pugh, Is there a way to have no support and not have to pay for the
> > >
> > > above.
> > >
> > > > I.e. can I d/l it without the $50?
> > >
> > > Simply download the eval. You will receive no updates past the eval
> > > period, but that's it.
> >
> > Interesting business model for GPL s/w. Makes sense though. I was hoping
> > they were charging for the support, not updates.
>
> So, reading it over, it looks like one can download the SLED eval version,
> load it, but after 60 days pay if updates are wanted (and unless one thinks
> about it, $50 doesn't sound bad; but, after 5 years or so you're up to MS
> levels of money).
>
> I presume that 1) after 60 days one cannot download another eval copy, but I
> wonder if the 1st downloaded copy will install on other machines after 60
> days; might it require the activation code, which would fail unless the clock
> on the machine was set back(?).
>
> I've tried a network install of 10.1 several times. It hangs on "Initializing
> catalog". Some posts on linuxforums.org indicated that this appears to be a
> small memory problem--one post'er mentioned it required 1 hour to complete
> the initializing step (but he only had 600 MB ram (egads, and we did great
> things with 4K of core on a PDP11...)). I allowed 3 hours and it didn't
> finish, but maybe after a long time the ftp connection drops. I'll download
> CDs and see if that works. But, it makes we wonder if the SLED version
> requires a rock-crusher system.
>
Yes and not only that but you could pull that 4K of core out and stick it in
another machine and pick up where you left off, ahhh the days of core... I
miss it!! I used to work in the old DEC San German PR plant...
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