[pca] No more free patches

[Jeff Wieland]

There was a time, maybe circa 2003-4, when one could download any patch
without a contract.  Of course back then you had to pay real money for
Solaris -- you could not download it for free.  Eventually you could
only download security patches for free, now you can get the O/S for
nothing, but you cannot secure it without paying.

Ron Halstead wrote:
> 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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