Sun Hopes Project Indiana Will Help OpenSolaris

"Sun Microsystems has revealed the outline of a project code-named Indiana, an effort to package up the OpenSolaris operating system into a convenient and usable 'distribution' in the mold of Linux.

"'This project proposes to create an OpenSolaris binary distribution with a long-term goal of increasing the user base and growing mindshare in the volume market by providing easy access to the technology created within the OpenSolaris community,' according to a mailing list posting Wednesday by Sun programmer Glynn Foster.

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