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Toshiba To OEM Laptops With OpenSolaris

Posted by kdawson on from the good-news-for-lem-fans dept.

ruphus13 writes to tell us of Sun's latest attempt to drive OpenSolaris adoption. The company has inked a deal to pre-install OpenSolaris on Toshiba laptops. "Slowly but surely, major laptop vendors are taking to the idea of shipping systems with pre-loaded open source operating systems. The latest case in point is Toshiba — one of the longest-standing players in the market for portable computers — and its new plan to pre-install Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris on its laptops. The machines are supposed to ship in early 2009."

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  1. Re:I really like Solaris but... by Ed+Avis · · Score: 5, Funny

    2009 is the year of Solaris on the laptop!

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  2. Re:Solaris to beat Linux by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Solaris to beat Linux? Somehow I think hitting Mr. Linux Torvalds with a Solaris disc will probably do more damage to the disc....

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  3. Re:To OEM, or not to OEM... Is that a verb?! by RMH101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Verbing weirds language.

  4. Poor Microsoft by CSHARP123 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel bad for Microsoft. They are getting hit from multiple quarters. Dell wants to ship Linux with laptops and now toshiba with Open solaris. Apple is expanding their notebook sales. In this economy, people need to protect our flagship company. I think this can solved by govt. by providing a bailout package of $30 billion to MS. Please call your representatives and senators so they can save our Flagship company.

  5. Re:I really like Solaris but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But since when do operating systems HAVE to follow Chinese Astrology?

  6. Re:Solaris to beat Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, he's called Linux in Xuomi!

  7. Re:Actually, I can see why they're doing this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Performance is also quite snappy, even on my aging Athlon XP 3000+"

    Are you kidding me? Get off my lawn. And stop posting to slashdot during class, you might annoy your teacher.

  8. Re:I really like Solaris but... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2, Funny

    That wasn't a reboot, it was more of a fuckshitcrap.

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  9. Re:I really like Solaris but... by StikyPad · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least since the Year of Commodore on the Deathbed, if not longer.

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