'Open Source Solaris' To Debut This Year

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edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
Sun Microsystems will create an open-source project around its Solaris 10 operating system by the end of the year, company executives said Monday.
Through the initiative, Sun engineers, partners and other programmers will be able to contribute to the development of the Unix operating system. Sun is testing the program right now with customers and will finalize it by the end of the year, according to Mark McClain, Sun's vice president of software marketing. Sun discussed its open-source plans at a Solaris 10 briefing with press and analysts at the company's Burlington, Mass., offices. The new operating system will be faster and more resilient to hardware and software errors. The goal of open-sourcing Solaris 10, a major update of Sun's operating system set for completion by the end of the year, is to build interest in Solaris. In particular, the open-source project is aimed at developers and academics who will be able to make modifications to the code, Sun executives said.
Source: c|net

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