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First look: OpenSolaris 2008.05 a work in progress
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| Although the OpenSolaris development community still has a lot of work to do
| before the operating system is ready to take on Linux on the desktop, the
| progress so far indicates that the project deserves further attention. We
| will keep an eye on future releases to see how the platform evolves.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080512-first-look-opensolaris-2008-05-a-work-in-progress.html
- From < http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php >:
"The CDDL can't hold a candle to the GPL as far as benefits to programmers or
end users. Period. CEOs might love it, but programmers? Why would they? What's
in it for them? Sun needs to make up its mind. Is it open source? ? I don't
care if it chooses to be open, proprietary or mixed, but I can't see any
reason why anyone would contribute code under the CDDL for free, unless you
just get a thrill out of helping Sun make money from your unpaid labor, as I
explained back in 2005. I continue to view the CDDL as a problem, in part due
to the Sun-Microsoft agreement, which includes patent elements, and I remind
you of what Dan Ravicher of PubPat.org said about CDDL back in 2005: "My
advice is that developers should ask themselves if they really want to work on
software distributed by a company that has expressly retained the right to sue
them for patent infringement if they don't give their improvements back to the
company.
On the other hand, a recent interview with Rich Green of Sun indicates that at
some point Sun will switch the license to GPL."
Recent:
Crystal Ball Sunday #2: OpenSolaris vs. Linux
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| My first prediction is that there will be sizable battle waged between the
| two in the Press and in IT labs alike. I foresee a lot of debate going back
| and forth about the two operating systems, their pros, their cons, and the
| stalwarts in both camps. This is going to be somewhat of a religious battle
| so prepare yourselves accordingly.
|
| Second, and perhaps more important, is the license that both operating
| systems will eventually live under. Linus Torvalds opposes GPL3 and currently
| refuses to allow the kernel to be governed by it. OpenSolaris was released
| under the CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License).
| I think the first one of these operating systems that is releases under GPL3
| will probably gain widespread acceptance with developers, corporations, and
| adopters. The reason is that most of the other open source apps released
| under GPL3 will receive vigorous adoption and development by the kernel that
| also matches that license.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2435.html
OpenSolaris gets its wings ... but it requires a long, long time on the tarmac
with 512 MB of RAM
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| At any rate, what I learned is that OpenSolaris is certainly usable on the
| desktop, just not so much in the form that Sun itself is releasing it --
| especially for a box with 512 MB of RAM.
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http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/05/opensolaris-2.html
Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux
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| InfoWorld: What exactly is Debian?
|
| Murdock: Debian is a Linux distribution. It's the basis of Ubuntu Linux. I
| suppose the basic innovation of Debian was that it was developed by a
| distributed community, so we intentionally set out to build it in a
| distributed fashion, and it's one of the first open-source projects to
| operate that way.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/09/Sun-exec-ponders-OpenSolaris-Linux_1.html
OpenSolaris Wants To Compete With Linux - Oh Yeah?
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| Yesterday Sun Microsystems officially released OpenSolaris and suggested that
| it's going to go head-to-head with Linux as a Desktop Operating System.
| Solarisx86 is nothing new and has been around about as long as Linux but it
| is historically proprietary and closed source. It was also very
| hardware-finicky and performance was slothlike.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2415.html
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