Will Solaris 11 Debut at Oracle OpenWorld 2011?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 2, 2011

“Solaris 11 will be the first big Unix operating system release
ever from Oracle and there is a lot riding on it. Solaris is one of
the final pieces of the Sun business that Oracle needs to turn
around. It its final days, Sun continued to push Solaris against
Linux and still was pushing x86 and SPARC versions. Oracle is not
taking the same route, since Oracle, unlike Sun, is actually a
Linux vendor.

Oracle has a large Linux business and has publicly said at
multiple points in the past that it runs much of its business on
Linux. Oracle is not giving up its Linux business in favor of
Solaris.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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