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Sun might have to pay Novell for Open Solaris
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| The additional SVRX licence rights that Sun obtained from SCO enabled it to
| open source Solaris as OpenSolaris... or so it thought. Sun paid SCO $2.5
| million for that SVRX licence amendment, Judge Kimball decided. Actually, Sun
| paid SCO a lot more, about $10 million in total, but $2.5 million is the
| figure that the judge apportioned for those added SVRX rights.
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| However, Sun has released OpenSolaris without Novell's permission having been
| granted, at least, not yet, so the toothpaste is out of that tube and Sun
| can't put it back in now.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/18/sun-might-pay-novell
Linux started as a Solaris wannabe from Linus, but now it's the opposite.
Recent:
OpenSolaris still has some Linux copying to do
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| OpenSolaris 2008.05 packs in most of what Linux users are likely to expect -
| GNOME, easy installation, good software update tools and more - and then adds
| some extras on top. Although OpenSolaris isn't quite ready for prime time,
| when it is, it'll be a nice possible alternative to Linux.
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| Because it ships with a number of developer-focused tools that most desktop
| users probably don't care about - the ZFS filesystem, DTrace,
| and "containers" - it may not be all that compelling for average users.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/open_solaris_review/
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