I've just picked up a "Sun Ray 1" at a hamfest last Sunday.
From looking on the Sun web site, I seem to need licensed server
software to run it. (Unless they have made it freely downloadable like
Solaris 10.)

It is a neat little package, and I would like to set it up to
run in my bedroom for connections when I am sick in bed, or when I want
to check on something in the middle of the night. Its advantage is that
it has no fan, unlike the other machines in the house.

So -- has *anyone* come up with freely-distributable software to
make something useful out of it -- even just to turn it into an xterm?
I don't need a lot of the other features claimed for the server
software.

Thanks much,
DoN.
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
> I've just picked up a "Sun Ray 1" at a hamfest last Sunday.
> From looking on the Sun web site, I seem to need licensed server
> software to run it. (Unless they have made it freely downloadable like
> Solaris 10.)

They have indeed made it freely usable, as part of the "Solaris
Enterprise System". See
<http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/index.jsp> and hit the "Get It"
tab.

Sun Ray Server Software been freely downloadable for a long time but
you were supposed to buy a license for each Sun Ray appliance. Now
you only need to buy those licenses if you want support.

OttoM.
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Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer.

According to <ottomeister@hotmail.com>:
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
> > I've just picked up a "Sun Ray 1" at a hamfest last Sunday.
> > From looking on the Sun web site, I seem to need licensed server
> > software to run it. (Unless they have made it freely downloadable like
> > Solaris 10.)
>
> They have indeed made it freely usable, as part of the "Solaris
> Enterprise System". See
> <http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/index.jsp> and hit the "Get It"
> tab.
>
> Sun Ray Server Software been freely downloadable for a long time but
> you were supposed to buy a license for each Sun Ray appliance. Now
> you only need to buy those licenses if you want support.

Thank you. That is excellent news.

Once another download is done, I will be on it.

Again -- thanks,
DoN.
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