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  • First OpenSolaris derivative in the wild

    The first operating system based on OpenSolaris has been released, days after Sun Microsystems freed the massive code base.

  • OpenSolaris developers defend their baby

    Sun Microsystems' developers have responded furiously to claims the company's decision to open-source Solaris was a mere public relations stunt.

  • OpenSolaris one year on: Success or failure?

    In June 2005, Sun Microsystems released core elements of its flagship Solaris operating system as open source software, making public more than five million lines of code. The announcement sparked intense interest among developers. But, one year on, are the structures governing the OpenSolaris project fully in place and has the community embraced the offering?

  • Secret life of the OpenSolaris code

    Although incidences of profanity and swearing are rare in the ten million lines of the newly-released OpenSolaris code, the ones that do exist reveal programmers' frustration with their art.

  • Sun exec denies Linux desktop retreat

    Reports of the death of Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System with Linux are exaggerated, says its chief software executive.

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Features and Case Studies (8)

  • Sun rises on xVM stategy

    Sun Microsystems' xVM virtualisation efforts are getting louder and louder.

  • Reinventing Sun Microsystems

    Over a long and distinguished career, Andy Bechtolsheim has earned a reputation as a top-notch engineer. Now that reputation will be put to the test. The task: Invent Sun Microsystems' next "hot box".

  • Jonathan Schwartz on the future of Sun

    After a year on the job, Sun's CEO says the company is relevant again but still has problems to fix. In this interview, he admits losing sight of the developer community towards the end of the 1990s, and making what he described as a very bad decision about the company's commitment to Solaris.

  • Ubuntu carves niche in Linux landscape

    It's not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that.

  • Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step

    Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers.

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