Open Solaris

[hagbard]

Got this in my mailbox yesterday, don't know much about it but its free:

http://opensolaris.org/os/

[Warlock]

Sun begins open-source Solaris era

Sun Microsystems has released Solaris as open-source software, a move that's central to the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend off rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft.

The company on Tuesday posted more than 5 million lines of source code for the heart of the operating system--its kernel and networking code--at the OpenSolaris Web site. However, some source code components, such as installation and some administration tools, will arrive later...

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They've been flopping back and forth a number of times so,
Not sure how serious they are about this move...