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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 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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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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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 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.
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Dell to carry Solaris 10 on PowerEdge servers
November 14, 2007
Under partnership between the two rivals, Dell will distribute Sun's OS on PowerEdge servers and provide support services.
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JBuddy Messenger 3.1.091026
Multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging client.
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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 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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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 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.
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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 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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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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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 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 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 looks for users running rival OSes
October 26, 2005
Java Enterprise System server middleware now supports Windows and HP-UX and Sun has a new plan to expand its Java Desktop System to more Linux flavors.
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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 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.
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