The Solaris Operating System, usually known simply as Solaris, is a free Unix-based operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1992 as the successor to SunOS. Solaris is known for its s... More
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Moblin version 2.0 video - finally, a real mobile UI for netbooks. Check out the video here for a look at Intel's Moblin OS, optimized for Atom chips.
If Oracle commits to Solaris, will IBM buy Red Hat? Oracle may offer customers attractive terms to stay on Solaris, affecting migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Can open source refuse to do business? If an open source developer doesn't like someone, can he or she obstruct usage of applications?
Internet.com launches online freelance marketplace. It's free to join, post projects, bid on projects, and seek freelance gigs.
Biomedical informatics researchers at IBM and the Mayo Clinic launch a new open source consortium. It will focus on large-scale data aggregation, and ease mining of medical records.
Oracle's Plans for Solaris on SPARC: Good News for Linux?
Oracle has released a PDF transcript of an interview with CEO Larry Ellison regarding its plans following the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. While the interview doesn't delve into the many questions surrounding what Oracle will do with Sun's open source products and initiatives, it does make very clear that Oracle will retain and extend Sun's hardware business, focusing on "designing hardware and software to work together." That's going to be a complicated proposition for Oracle, and, as one observer notes, it may be good news for Linux.
Sun Cuts Workforce, and Spins an OpenOffice Riddle
According to The Register, Sun plans on laying off between 15-18% of its workforce (an estimated 5,000-6,000 positions) and restructuring itself into three major divisions, thanks to earlier periods of slowed growth (or losses) and the already bleak economic picture.
Sun's President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz says that this is a "decisive action" in the face of the economy, and that these cuts should facilitate "the delivery of key open source platform innovations," including MySQL. In his corporate blog, however, Schwartz drops a few hints about other projects, such as OpenOffice.
Is open-solaris getting traction?
I am wondering if Open Solaris is getting any traction out there or the project not getting much attention. If Open Solaris is getting attention, is it taking attention away from Linux?
