Sun

Note
Our Sun contract is under negotiation and the information on this page is out of date. It is provided here as reference only. We will update this page with information as soon as any is available.

UBC's upgrade agreement with Sun Microsystems provides owners of Sun workstations on campus with Sun software at greatly reduced prices. We have added X-86-based Systems to our Software Licensing program; customers can now run Solaris on both SPARC and X-86 systems.

Currently, the agreement covers the following software packages:

  • Sun Operating System (Solaris 8.0)
  • Sun Workshop University Edition 6.0, which includes:
    • Sun Visual WorkShop C 6.0
    • Sun Permformance WorkShop Fortran 6.0
    • Sun Workshop Professional C 6.0
    • Sun WorkShop Compilers C/C 6.0
    • Sun WorkShop University Edition 6.0
    • Sun WorkShop TeamWare 2.1

Benefits

Discover the benefits of using Sun software (PDF) .

Costs

Sun
Description Cost
Upgrade
NOTE: A Software License will ensure that you receive all upgrades, bug fixes, etc.
$200.00 / workstation

Installation Instructions / More Information

  • Sun patches may be downloaded from ftp:www.ucs.ubc.ca from the directory /pub/sun-patches.
  • For more information about Sun products, please visit the Sun website .

Contact Information

For more information, or to order Sun products, please contact the IT Service Centre .