[pca] No more free patches

[Ron Halstead]

In the past, you could download security patches without a support 
contract. Recommended patches required a contract. Now, all patch 
downloads require a contract.

Ron Halstead

On 05/22/10 23:37, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
> Sorry to jump onto this so late, I've not been paying attention to the list.
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Martin Paul<martin at par.univie.ac.at>  wrote:
>    
>> So the new "Software Update Entitlement Policy for Solaris" as described in
>> http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-61-203648-1 is pretty
>> clear:
>>
>>   A support contract covering Solaris is required to access, download,
>>   install and use all Solaris Software Updates. This applies to all
>>   Solaris releases.
>>      
> I don't understand how this differs from how things were in the past.
> I have and use a paid-for SunSolve account, so I don't know anything
> about people trying to use Solaris without same.  Was it ever the case
> that you could use Solaris and get all patches and never pay any money
> at all?  Or were some patches only available if you paid?
>
> S.
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