Re: Solaris

Darren Reed (darrenr@cyber.com.au)
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 15:59:16 +1000 (EST)

In some mail I received from Edward Welbon, sie wrote
>
> Is there some way to run solaris binaries on linux? I need to run lotus
> notes, there is a solaris port but no longer a port for SCO unix. The
> single user solaris is about $450 and is out of the question (you don't
> want to know how much the SMP server version costs).

Somewhat amusing is the way the licensing works for Solaris-x86.
The same binaries are used for single and multi CPU kernels (if you like,
all Solaris kernels qre built qith the __SMP__ equivalence for Linux).
The difference is the _license_. Desktop is single CPU only, so putting
a 2nd CPU in your box running a desktop Solaris just means you are
running it in an unlicensed configuration. On, for an SMP license,
you need to buy the server pack which comes with ODS, etc.