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iTnews: Torvalds: Waiting to See Sun’s Open Solaris

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 3, 2005

“Linus Torvalds claims he is taking Sun Microsystems
seriously–Sun plans to offer an open source version of its Solaris
10 operating system–but the Linux creator and chief developer says
he’ll reserve judgment until code becomes available.

“At a panel this week during Enterprise Linux Summit, Torvalds
said Sun’s efforts to open source Solaris 10 according to the
OSI-approved Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL)
could give Linux a viable open source rival in the operating-system
market…”


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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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