ZDNet: Sun Plans Solaris Subscription Pricing

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"In an effort to make its version of Unix compare more favorably to Red Hat's Linux, Sun Microsystems plans in coming weeks to begin selling its Solaris operating system through a subscription model.

"Under the plan, a company will pay for Solaris based on a per-employee subscription rate, Jonathan Schwartz, head of Sun's software group, said in an interview here Tuesday. The pricing likely should be available by the end of April, Schwartz said..."

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