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Solaris 10 to be Open Source

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. Re:Only good news, if it's really open by CrackedButter · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude, do you post every leap year or something? Such a low reg number of 1124 and this is your 50th comment. WOW, you must really have a life!;)

  2. Re:Solaris Vs Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When you start a question with "Can anyone explain why someone", generally the answer is "no".

    For instance:
    Can anyone explain why someone would swallow pounds of change?
    Can anyone explain why someone would throw their baby out of a car onto a highway while being chased by the police?

    etc.

  3. Re:Only good news, if it's really open by pete-classic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    But Vader was Tarkin's bitch.

    Watch it again, and notice that Vader's character changes dramatically between ANH and Empire.

    -Peter

  4. Re:Solaris Vs Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can anyone explain why someone would throw their baby out of a car onto a highway while being chased by the police?

    Thankfully the guy did it though. He died. The baby is fine.

  5. Re:Solaris Vs Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well as for that baby thrown out remark, it was actually quite a sensible thing to do in retrospect. Considering the guy crashed and killed himself.

    It both protected the baby and stopped the police following him. He did stop to put it on the road in a chair thing, and it was unharmed, which is a hell of a lot better than what would have happened if it was in the accident with the driver. Of course in doing so, he is assuming he will not get safely away, or if he does get away, will lose his child or get caught later trying to get it back - which means he probably should have given himself up instead.

  6. Re:Solaris Vs Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What terrible reasoning.

    First, LUCKILY the baby was unharmed. If you watch the video, the car seat rolled around. IT ROLLED AROUND!! Thankfully the baby was ok though.

    Second, you can base whether what he did was right or wrong based on the outcome. You have to base it off of what he did and why he did it. For the fact that I can't see into this guys head, I can't tell for sure, but most likely, he put the baby in the road to stop the police from chasing them. This worked as the police stopped to get the kid. He wasn't thinking "oh gee, i think i'll crash up there and die so i should throw the kid out the car now to save him." Jesus, you people need to think about what you're saying before you say it.

    Yes, the baby ended up safe - Thankfully.

    No, putting your baby in the middle of the highway which cars behind you is NEVER the right choice.

  7. Re:Solaris Vs Linux? by Mateito · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Let me explain

    No. There is too much.

  8. "Holy GPL, (Not without my Amus) by davidsyes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Batman!"

    (The SHOCKING story of Batman's TRUE LINEAGE... will NOT be seen toNIGHT... (a play on Cartman/"Trent and Thomas" "Not Without My Anus: based on a True Story"...)) (Or, substitute AMUS...heheh)

    Yesss, Hropbin. If I can only take out myyy sooper... BAT.. GPL... defribulator, I can cut us free! (And, I can see BATGurl, tonight...)

    Holy Hoppin'g Jehoosuphur, Batman! Hurry!

    Just... one... second...

    (Imagine that if Jack Lord got the Kirk part, and if somehow Shatner got the Batman part...)

    seys divad
    david syes

    --
    Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
  9. Re:Solaris Vs Linux? by Mod+Me+God+Too · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's IE got to do with it? This is a Linux vs. Solaris flamewar, not a browser flamewar!

    Some people will try to troll IE wherever they can for a karma bonus!

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    It is not the commies, the government, the nigger, nor the corporates. It is your paranoia.