Re: [cobalt-users] Support, Warranty and Hype

[David Thurman <dthurman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 1-2-02 8:41 AM, baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx at
baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx was reported to have made a statement that said
this:

Why would it be "Illegal" to place Taq4 OS on a Cobalt box of any type. I
would like to see the paragraph from Sun/Cobalt that states you are in
violation. If what Bruce says is correct, why then do people like Apple and
dell and the others allow you to place OS's of your choice on machines??
I am cornfused...

> Derek Serianni wrote:
>> 
>> I have heard that you can turn a RAQ3 into a RAQ4 just by
>> restoring the RAQ4 software to it.
> 
> Bruce Timberlake wrote in various messages:
> 
> This is "illegal" and violates the terms of the Sun Cobalt License
> Agreement... but, as a purely speculative discussion, it _should_ work
> since RaQ3 and RaQ4 use almost identical hardware.
> 
> There really isn't much of a "warranty" anymore, now that the concept of
> free support has gone away.
> 
> Frank Loewe wrote:
>> 
>> No problem.
>> 
>> I have a RaQ3i and restored Raq4 Software.
> 
> Bruce Timberlake wrote:
> Tsk tsk. Violating License Agreements, are we?  :)
> 
> Gerald Waugh wrote:
>> 
>> RaQ3 and RaQ4 use the same hardware, and are both ix86 based
>> (AMD processor) Which makes the restore upgrade possible.
> 
> Bruce Timberlake wrote:
> If not legal. :)
> 
> Bruce.....
> It's really heart-warming to see the comments about License Agreements,
> when we know the support has changed, to say nothing of the fact
> that certain RaQ3/4 "features(bugs)" never have been fixed, and/or
> changed to work as advertised.
> 
> Thom
> 
> 
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