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- I swear, this is not another Unixfication post
- Photo: Jeff Bonwick and Linus Torvalds I was resolved not to write another Unixfication story until I had more concrete news of Sun and Linus actually working together, and filed it away under "Maybe". Like many of the speculative peices I write, it...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-18
- What's wrong at OpenSolaris
- What's wrong at OpenSolarisAgreed as to gaols etcHowever.. look at junknstuff's response above to see how the MS community has chosen to interpret what's going on.Now ask yourself: wouldn't everyone - especially Sun - have been better off if Sun had spent the money bringing Linux along instead of...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- What's wrong at OpenSolaris
- The OpenSolaris community just released the first complete "Project Indiana" edition of the OS - and in that process demonstrated why community enthusiasm for the product seems to have weakened recently. It's a great product -everything from ZFS to a new package management system...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Intel X86, Developer Argument, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?
- How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?RE: How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?The biggest thing would be that OpenSolaris has is the name "Sun" behind it. When some people IT departments included see "Linux" they see just a community of programmers and hackers, corporate and basement dwelling. Sun is...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Nexenta
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?
- In a nutshell, just fine. It's Unix, it's stable, it's robust, it's free, and includes a solid repository of free software. The real question is, does it have a place in Ed Tech? It's certainly pretty, but it's running Gnome and looks an awful lot...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Linux Distribution, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Unixfication II
- Unixfication IIUnixification II: The AwakeningSure, I think that some unixification is good for the sake of interoperability but I like having different OSs to rely on--call them niche or whatever but there is even a place for Windows...the only non-Unix OS left.I don't want just one open source OS, no...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Unixfication II, Linux, OpenSolaris, kernel, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Spash Screen for OpenSolaris Live CD (OpenSolaris 2008.05 Release)
- Spash Screen for OpenSolaris Live CD (OpenSolaris 2008.05 Release)Photos of the screen?Ubuntu comes with the ability to take screen shots... does OpenSolaris not include that?Value added over Ubuntu or value removed?Removed, is the correct answer.
- Tags: OpenSolaris, OpenSolaris 2008.05 Release
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- News to know: SAP; Hacking NASA; Apple; OpenSolaris
- Notable headlines: Nate McFeters: Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers? Common misconceptions about database security Sapphire 2008: Dennis Howlett: The changing SAP culture Larry Dignan: SAP's Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., OpenSolaris, Hacking, Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- OpenSolaris released, aimed at storage market
- OpenSolaris released, aimed at storage marketThey have alienated the community enough.Sun has alienated the open solaris community to such an extent I don't expect anything great to happen now. There is a real lack of developers and even getting the right tools working is a huge headache. Sun is really...
- Tags: UNIX, OpenSolaris, storage
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up
- OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows upOpenSolaris at ZDNet open sourceI just posted a piece abou tthis at Open Source http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2387 but I was not under the impression that this is aimed at the desktop market at all -- only the server side.RE: OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants...
- Tags: UNIX, OpenSolaris, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Wants
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- OpenSolaris released, aimed at storage market
- Sun is officially launching OpenSolaris at its Community One developer conference this morning today in San Francisco. A version for x86 machines, 686 MBytes in size, is already available for download from here. Technically only pre-release versions were available before now. The Solaris code...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Storage, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up
- What would Ubuntu be like if it were an OS for grown-ups? This week at its CommunityOne event in San Francisco, Sun will release its May 2008 build of OpenSolaris (2008.05) the Open Source operating system based on the source code of the...
- Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris 10, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- News to know: MicroNoHoo, OpenSolaris, 10 reasons for IT failure; Apple
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good move Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground Dan Farber: Yang...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, OpenSolaris, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Enomaly, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Open Source, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Commercial OpenSolaris ships
- After a three-year incubation period, Sun's long promised OpenSolaris, the third open source variant of Unix, was officially delivered Monday. "It's the first Opensolaris operating system that's fully supported," said Jim McHugh, vice president of Solaris marketing for Sun. OpenSolaris will compete in a...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- OpenSolaris 2008.05 Release
- Installation and UI Gallery for OpensSolaris 2008.05 Distribution by Jason Perlow
- Tags: solaris, gnome, open source, OpenSolaris, Jason Perlow
- Image galleries 2008-05-04
- Will OpenSolaris bring a chill to Sun-Ubuntu romance?
- Will OpenSolaris bring a chill to Sun-Ubuntu romance?open source means cooperationFriendly rivalries exist between ALL the Linux distros. This does not mean that Red Hat cannot cooperate with SUSE or Canonical with Sun.I would be surprised to see any real change in relationship between Canonical and Sun. What is more...
- Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, kernel, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Will OpenSolaris bring a chill to Sun-Ubuntu romance?
- You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. That seems to be the mantra of Ubuntu and Sun, both open source underdogs whose relationship and mutual platform support has been growing for three years. On the eve of the release of OpenSolaris, both companies are banging the drum that the...
- Tags: Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Sun's OpenSolaris community problem
- Sun's OpenSolaris community problemGood premise, bad premiseQuoting the comment..."Given Sun’s need for community contributions, which motivated the decision to make OpenSolaris open source in the first place..."Yes, OpenSolaris exists so that Sun could obtain free labor for development. In return, the company sacrificed the ability to sell, make a...
- Tags: UNIX, Linux, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, OpenSolaris, community problem
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Sun's OpenSolaris community problem
- Earlier this week I got a little jokey about Sun's open source efforts. Turns out they have a serious problem. They have moved to licenses at  the bottom of the open source incline, but their corporate attitude puts them at the top of the open source development incline....
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Action, Fielding, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- My 2007 predictions - wrong, wrong, and wrong
- Since this week has been about green, it's time to add some Christmass contrast: blushing red. Here are my key 2007 IT predictions from December 28th, 2006 Vista will make billions for Microsoft - driven by praise from the same...
- Tags: OpenSolaris, Hewlett-Packard Co., Prediction, IBM Corp., OpenSolaris Community, Sun Solaris, Corporate Communications, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Software, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
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