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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. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, Unix, Linux, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., software company, open source, server, security, HP, operating system, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Sun Solaris, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, PostgreSQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, database, Linux, Oracle Corp., operating system

Torvalds: A Solaris skeptic

December 21, 2004 The Linux leader calls the rival open-source operating system from Sun Microsystems a "joke." TAGS: Linus Torvalds, Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, x86 processor, open source, programmer, Unix, leader, operating system

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. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Open Source Initiative, GPL, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., license, Linux, multiprocessor, intellectual property, Unix, developer, IBM Corp., operating system

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. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, OpenSolaris, biotechnology, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Unix, developer, programming, IBM Corp., operating system

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. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OSI, open source, open-source project, approval, Sun UltraSPARC, GPL, BSD, programming, IBM Corp., Linux, operating system, server

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. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Jonathan Schwartz, Java, license, open source, Linux, possibility, operating system

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 TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., intellectual property, SCO Group Inc., Scott McNealy, patent infringement, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, open source, patent, Unix, protection, open-source software, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., Java

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. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, x86 server, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, Scott McNealy, Sun UltraSPARC, open source, server, Unix, AMD, operating system, HP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Debian, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, founder, chairman, Ubuntu, open source, blog, operating system, server

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. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, GNU, Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPLv3, GPL 2, open source, kernel, community, Linux, Java, interview, license

Sun considers GPL 3 license for Solaris

January 30, 2006 But chances of cooperation between Solaris and Linux are clouded because Linux will remain under GPL 2. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Jonathan Schwartz, GPL, Linus Torvalds, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 3, Linux, open source, Xen, Linux kernel, blog, intellectual property, Dell, server, operating system, HP

Sun has second thoughts about Linux on Solaris

June 15, 2005 Downplays feature designed to let Linux apps run on Solaris. Instead emphasizes related open-source alternative called Xen. TAGS: Xen, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, hypervisor, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Sun Solaris 10, open source, data center, AMD, operating system, Intel

Sun to set Solaris free, after a fashion

November 15, 2004 Operating system to come at no charge for servers with x86 processors. But the bug fixes will cost you. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris 10, open-source programmer, Intel x86, IBM AIX, x86 processor, open source, AMD Opteron, free, Linux, support, software company, bug fix, pricing

Sun's Solaris now an option for IBM blades

October 31, 2005 Sun's Solaris 10 operating system will be a supported option for IBM's BladeCenter servers. TAGS: IBM eServer BladeCenter, blade, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., blade server, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris 10, IBM AIX, Jonathan Schwartz, Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, alliance, Intel x86, server, AMD

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. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source programmer, open source, programmer, Linux, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., developer, Unix, Intel, firewall, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Apache Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, founder, consultant, IBM Corp., operating system, server

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. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris 10, open-source software, Linux, representative, IBM Corp., Unix, open source, AMD, operating system, Intel, server, HP

Lighting a fire under Solaris

April 24, 2006 Two significant upgrades are coming to Solaris this year, but Linux remains a fearsome rival. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, OpenSolaris, x86 server, Intel x86, Linux, Sun Sparc, AMD Opteron, server, open source, operating system, IBM Corp., AMD

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. TAGS: Sun N1, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java Enterprise System, Sun Solaris, Jonathan Schwartz, open source, Java, barrier, open-source software, pricing, IBM Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.