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Shadows Over Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 21, 2007

“Do you know what NexentaOS is? It’s an example of things to
come, things that scare IBM and Red Hat: a complete ZFS bootable
openSolaris distribution combining the Gnu and other open source
utilities with a Solaris kernel–and it’s downloadable free of
charge from opensolaris.org.

“Right now it’s an early beta but it’s a harbinger of things to
come: multiple special purpose Solaris distributions, apparently
including a PPC product set that should eventually run on
Power6…!”

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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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