LXer: Open Solaris still has some Linux copying to do

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06-13-2008, 03:41 PM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,615 Rep:	LXer: Open Solaris still has some Linux copying to do Published at LXer: Sun has made good on its promise to deliver OpenSolaris, the company's Unix-based answer to Linux, with a company-supported, commercial update arriving in mid-May. Although far from a complete product, the latest OpenSolaris is impressive and in the long run could prove a viable alternative to Linux. Part of OpenSolaris' appeal is that it contains a subset of the source code for the Solaris Operating System, but with an open source license. Among the familiar Sun features are the enviable DTrace tuning and monitoring tool and the ever-impressive ZFS filesystem, neither of which are likely to make it to Linux due to licensing and personality conflicts. Read More...

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