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Solaris 10 to be Open Source

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the here's-hoping-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It looks as though Sun is going to open source their new Solaris 10 operating system. It seems to include eveything except some device drivers. They plan to model the Darwin and Fedora projects. Sounds very interesting."

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  1. Seen this coming? by Abreu · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many had seen this coming for a while?

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  2. Except device Drivers... by CaptRespect · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It seems to include eveything except some device drivers."

    So like linux it will work great if you could only find the drivers for your printer.

  3. Don't forget DTrace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And I forgot to mention DTrace in Solaris 10 offers tuning visibility that no other operating system can even dream about.

  4. Re:Now... by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sorry, I seem to have had some hypocrisy stuck in my throat.

    All better now.

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  5. Re:Only good news, if it's really open by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    then Sun will solidify their position as Grand Moff Tarkin to Microsoft's Vader.

    "Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances."

    **KABOOM!**

  6. Random thoughts about wineglass v plate stability by Mr_Dyqik · · Score: 4, Funny

    A wine glass has three distinguishable stable states (upright, upside down and on its side), and a plate only has two (upright and upside down).

    It takes a lot more effort to get an upside down plate the right way up, than it does to get a wine glass on its side the right way up.

    Does this mean it's much easier to get a titsup linux box up and working again than a titsup Solaris box?

  7. Re:Stability by tverbeek · · Score: 2, Funny
    How exactly do they run out of colors?

    Instead of RGB phospors, the display is based on CMYK toner, so if someone uses a lot of, say, yellow in their on-screen graphics, it will eventually run out of yellow and develop a bluish tint.

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  8. That all depends... by flimflam · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not sure which way the tits point on a wine glass.

    Or a plate, for that matter.

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  9. Re:Solaris Vs Linux? by kwr2k · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew this would happen... we'll have all the unix sympathisers trying to prove that it is better than linux anyway and this will start another this v/s that war ... *sigh*