CNETAsia: Sun Confirms Plans to Open Source Solaris

“‘We will open source Solaris.’

“So said Sun Microsystems’ president and chief operating officer
Jonathan Schwartz at an Asia Pacific press conference in Shanghai
today.

“‘I don’t want to say when that will happen. But make no
mistake, we will open source Solaris,’ he declared.

“The move is a widely anticipated one. Still, what will keep
users and the press guessing for now is what form the licensing
model of its longstanding server operating system will take as
Schwartz refused to elaborate…”

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