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Sun releases Solaris 10 for free
February 1, 2005
The server and software company begins offering Solaris 10 as a free download for those who register.
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Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris
May 9, 2007
Through Project Indiana, Sun wants to give Solaris a Linux feel to try to woo an influential developer crowd.
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Major Solaris features slip to 2006
May 12, 2005
Sun delays release of ZFS and Janus, two major features the company has trumpeted as reasons to try its latest Solaris.
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Sun extends olive branch to Red Hat
September 12, 2005
Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch.
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Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step
January 24, 2005
Firm is expected to start sharing some source code of the OS and to detail its OpenSolaris plan on Tuesday.
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SGI's Unix variant fading into history
September 8, 2006
Silicon Graphics to stop selling computers using MIPS chips and Irix operating system at end of 2006.
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Torvalds: A Solaris skeptic
December 21, 2004
The Linux leader calls the rival open-source operating system from Sun Microsystems a "joke."
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Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris
November 18, 2004
Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech
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IDC: Linux server sales to hit $9.1 billion in 2008
December 6, 2004
Forecast highlights spread of the operating system, a relatively new rival to Unix versions such as Solaris and to Windows.
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Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL
February 9, 2007
Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says.
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Sun to release first OpenSolaris tidbit Tuesday
January 25, 2005
Company will begin releasing its Solaris OS as open-source software, starting with a new performance analysis and debugging tool.
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Sun open-source license could mean Solaris-Linux barrier
December 2, 2004
New license likely will be used to govern Solaris OS. But it may inhibit cross-pollination between Solaris and Linux.
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Sun begins open-source Solaris era
June 14, 2005
Company posts more than 5 million lines of source code for the operating system's heart in an effort to regain lost ground.
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Sun hopes Project Indiana will help OpenSolaris
May 31, 2007
Company wants to create an OpenSolaris-based OS familiar to Linux and Solaris users in a long-term attempt to propagate the software.
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Windows bumps Unix as top server OS
February 22, 2006
IDC reports Windows and Linux have moved up a notch in the server market, while Unix and z/OS slipped.
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Analyst suggests Dell-Sun alliance
March 10, 2005
Report says joining forces could help Dell reverse recent server market losses for machines running Linux.
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Year in review: Linux on the hot seat
December 16, 2004
SCO fell out of the limelight, but its legal actions triggered efforts to wrestle with open-source intellectual-property issues.
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'Lion' worm stalks Linux machines
March 23, 2001
A dangerous worm that can steal passwords from Linux servers is rapidly spreading across the Internet and could infect other machines, researchers say.
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Sun ad campaign to buff 'sharing' image
May 31, 2005
Sun Microsystems set to begin multimillion-dollar rebranding effort that spotlights its new emphasis on open source and the like. Photo: McNealy, Ballmer and Sun's new swoop
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