[rescue] Solaris soon open source

Skeezics Boondoggle skeezics at q7.com
Wed Jun 2 14:02:51 CDT 2004


On Wed, 02 Jun 2004, Thomas Gallaway wrote:

> Just fell over this news headline:
> http://www.cooltechzone.com/reviews/itcomputing/sun_002.php
> 
> "Sun Microsystems, one of the biggest names in the server world, 
> reported that the company will now make Solaris an open source project. 
> Sun is not sure as to when the move of making Solaris open source will 
> take place at this point."

Yeah, I've been really itching for the day when Solaris could enjoy an
even more retarded naming and numbering scheme, 38 divergent builds, an
even messier patch process, and a whenever-we-damn-well-please release
schedule.  Woohoo!  Progress!

-- Chris



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