Sun's Source Code Donation Met With Skepticism | Linux Today

Sun’s Source Code Donation Met With Skepticism

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2008

“Sun is donating the source code for the Sun StorageTek 5800
system to the OpenSolaris storage and Java.net communities to spur
more cost-effective technologies and help solve digital archive and
preservation challenges facing enterprises.

“OpenSolaris is currently under the CDDL license.

“Developers can download the free Sun StorageTek 5800 binary
code, formerly code-named ‘Honeycomb,’ by clicking here. It runs on
any x86 system…”

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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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