Sun begins open-source Solaris era
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Sun Microsystems has released Solaris as open-source software, a move that's central to the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend off rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft.
By making Solaris open-source, Sun hopes to engage developers, including students who will become tomorrow's computer administrators and buyers.
Source: News.com
By making Solaris open-source, Sun hopes to engage developers, including students who will become tomorrow's computer administrators and buyers.
Submitted by: CyrixInsteadBut competing with Linux is tough. Though Linux is not as mature in many regards, Solaris work is concentrated at one company, whereas Linux has a fully fledged community of open-source programmers. Participants come not just from universities and Linux sellers such as Red Hat and Novell, but also from server sellers IBM and Hewlett-Packard, chipmaker Intel, and database maker Oracle.
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