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Sun releases OpenSolaris file system
November 17, 2005
A key piece of its Unix operating systems goes to open-source programmers. Also on tap: more on Sun's database plans.
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Sun backs open-source database PostgreSQL
November 17, 2005
Company plans to distribute database and optimize it for Solaris. It also plans to include Xen virtualization, Linux compatibility next year.
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Sun license gets open-source nod
January 19, 2005
The company has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make Solaris an open-source project, CNET News.com has learned.
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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 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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Sun to offer more free software
November 30, 2005
The company plans to give away Java Enterprise System, N1 management tools with its Solaris operating system.
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Sun considers GPL for Solaris
November 14, 2006
If Sun switched its Unix version to the General Public License, it could permit code-swapping with Linux.
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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 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 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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IBM takes potshots at OpenSolaris
August 16, 2006
Big Blue, a major Linux fan, bashes top rival Sun's effort to make its Unix an open-source operating system.
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McNealy touts 'excitement' of backup tape
June 9, 2005
Sun CEO defends StorageTek acquisition and adds open source to his usual hit list of Microsoft and IBM.
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Sun releases developer tools for NetBeans
December 6, 2006
Two new packs for the open-source NetBeans IDE aim to make it easier to work on applications for the Web and for a range of OSes.
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Microsoft has OS patents; Linux has none
December 4, 2006
ActiveGrid's Peter Yared says the Microsoft-Novell deal creates competition and is ultimately good for customers.
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Sun's open-source odyssey
July 6, 2006
Sun's incoming executive vice president of software says the company envisions a world dominated by open source.
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Sun releases Sparc specs to lure Linux
February 14, 2006
Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems.
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Sun's gloomy side
October 18, 2005
The computer maker has usually fallen short of its potential in software and storage. Can new plans turn things around?
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OpenVZ ported to Sun Niagara servers
December 29, 2006
Linux can be subdivided into "containers" on Sun's newest Sparc servers, matching a feature Solaris already possesses.
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Apache founder to help govern OpenSolaris
April 5, 2005
Sun, trying to keep its software relevant, is looking to draw open-source credibility to advisory board for OpenSolaris project.
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Sun hires Debian Linux founder
March 19, 2007
Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and several other Linux initiatives, now will work with Solaris and Linux.
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