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Sun COO Schwartz Promises Open Source Solaris

Posted by timothy on from the big-welcome-sign-but-which-license dept.

Alapan writes "According to C-Net Asia, Sun plans to make Solaris open source soon. While I hardly expect Sun to make it GPL compatible, I wonder how much restrictions Sun will place on distributing modified solaris systems. And will we some integration of Solaris' strong points into other open source OSes like Linux and BSD?" Update: 06/02 14:16 GMT by T : Correction: Schwartz is Sun's COO and President, but not CEO (as the headline originally had it).

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  1. Odd.. by jwthompson2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just yesterday we were talking about this...which just leaves me saying huh!? Unless they meant Shared-Source and not really OSI-Style open source...

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  2. INCORRECT TITLE by bstil · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jonathan Schwartz is Sun Microsystems' president and chief operating officer, not CEO as the title, "Sun CEO Schwartz Promises Open Source Solaris" suggests!