How to get trial version of HP-UX installation media

[Jeff_326]

I bought a hp c200 workstation, I want to install hp-ux 11i on it for study purpose, the problem is I can not get the installation media. I searched almost everywhere of hp website, but can not find anything.

I know Sun provide free download for their Solaris 9 and 10 for user education. I have called HP, they suggest me to take a course, but you know, it is too expensive, I can not afford it myself.

Is there a way to get a free installation media?

Thanks.

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi Jeff,
Unfortunately there is no free download of HPUX OS.
Regards,

[Jeff_326]

Thank you for your reply, Bharat. I will try asking my friends, see if I can get one copy from them. I really can't understand HP's policy. Microsoft delivery their win2003 server for $15 US dollars, Sun delivery their OS through ftp, IBM also provide trial version download for almost any products. but HP...... It is not an open attitude nowadays.

[Ted Buis]

How about LINUX? See, http://www.parisc-linux.org/

[Jeff_326]

Thanks for the link.

As a hobby, I may spend some time on Redhat, Suse Linux, but as a career, I think it is too early to jump in. In fact, I am very good at Redhat. I know Some small companies will use Linux, but big companies will not run their database or core applications on Linux, that is for sure. Solaris, HP-UX, AIX still dominant the market. I got two certificates on Solaris, now I want to learn HP-UX, that is why I bought that HP C200.

[Ted Buis]

My belief is that licensing issues may restrict HP from giving away HP-UX. For example, HP-UX OEM's Veritas VxFS as the defualt file system, while SUN just let's you buy it from Veritas. Veritas gets royalties on each HP-UX copy. There are likely other examples, but that one comes to mind.

[Michael Tully]

Have a look here:

http://www.testdrive.hp.com/accounts/register.shtml