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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 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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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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Solaris engineers offer personal source-code tours
June 14, 2005
Sun chose the human touch when it introduced more than 5 million lines of Solaris source code onto the Net.
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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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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 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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Open-source Java coming in '07
October 23, 2006
Sun is "on plan" to make Java open source. Meanwhile, it looks to make OpenSolaris for specialized hardware devices.
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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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An open question on open source
June 13, 2007
Can Linus Torvalds and Sun's Jonathan Schwartz find common ground on Linux and OpenSolaris?
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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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Opening up to open source
April 7, 2005
British effort aims to bring open source to the public sector. Also, copyright reformer Lawrence Lessig has his eye on Flash.
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Sun and Google shake hands
October 4, 2005
Multiyear partnership will develop and distribute Google Toolbar, Java, OpenOffice and OpenSolaris--and Google will buy lots more Sun servers.
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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: Patent use OK beyond Solaris project
January 31, 2005
Firm addresses concerns that there are severe limits on how patents it's unfettering in conjunction with open-source Solaris can be used.
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Lighting a fire under Solaris
April 24, 2006
Two significant upgrades are coming to Solaris this year, but Linux remains a fearsome rival.
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Sun open-source diva departs for Intel
March 18, 2005
Sun Microsystems is losing Danese Cooper, but it won't drop its current open-source focus.
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Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3
June 13, 2007
The Linux leader is still skeptical about GPL 3, but open-source Solaris could be a draw.
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Sun modernizing Solaris start-up process
June 15, 2005
Revamped approach will be faster and more useful on a wide variety of computers, company promises.
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Sun warms to open-source server software
January 26, 2005
Even as it takes first step toward open-source Solaris, firm says it's considering a similar move with its server software product.
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