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OpenSolaris 2008.05 is robust and ready

Lee Schlesinger

September 16, 2008 4:00:00 PM

Sun has been getting serious about opening up its software for a few years now. OpenSolaris, an open source Unix operating system like Linux and BSD, released in May, is its latest foray into the open source arena. I found OpenSolaris to be a production-ready OS that works equally well on desktops and servers.

Is OpenSolaris in hot water?

roblimo

July 25, 2008 9:00:00 PM

Here's how it works: Novell owns Unix's IP (intellectual property). SCO sold Unix's IP to Sun. Sun then included some Unix IP into Solaris. Finally, Sun open sourced Solaris as OpenSolaris. Sounds like trouble, doesn't it?

As the SCO rolls

roblimo

May 05, 2008 6:49:13 PM

Reality, as good writers know, is sometimes stranger than fiction. SCO's recent performance in the U.S. District Court in Utah is a perfect example. With years to prepare, SCO executives made some remarkable statements in their attempt to show that SCO, not Novell, owns Unix's copyright.

First look: BeleniX live CD

Lee Schlesinger

December 06, 2005 8:00:00 AM

BeleniX is a free live CD based on the OpenSolaris kernel. With it you can have Solaris, which once ran exclusively on SPARC servers, powering your modest desktop computer. But with few applications and lacking an installation script, the Live CD does little more than slake a nerd's thirst for a taste of Solaris.

Opening Solaris opens door to community, derivative distros

Lee Schlesinger

December 05, 2005 8:00:00 AM

When it released the source code to its Solaris operating system, Sun Microsystems bet that people would pick it up and run. Sun said it wanted to see a community form around the OpenSolaris code, and take it beyond what the company had done with it in its more than 25 years of development of the OS. Today the community Sun was looking for seems to be coming to life.

Voices of OpenSolaris

Lee Schlesinger

June 10, 2005 8:00:00 AM

Most operating system reviews and developer interviews rely on technical points to explain what a project is about and what benefits users might derive from it. We rarely hear from the people responsible for the lion's share of the work in the open source software world. So here's a less technical interview with some members of the OpenSolaris development team.

My Workstation OS: Irix

Lee Schlesinger

May 20, 2005 8:00:00 AM

Can a proprietary Unix be a desktop OS that competes with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux desktops? Although it may lack the visual effects of OS X, and installation is tricky in parts, Irix is a stable desktop OS -- possibly because it runs only on SGI's own hardware.

Solaris 10 ably equipped with fixes and features

Lee Schlesinger

December 02, 2004 8:00:00 AM

Last month I attended Sun's launch event for Solaris 10. Sun has put a tremendous amount of effort into its operating system, with the intention of rebuilding both its Unix market share and its relationship with free software developers. This article looks at the impressive new features that make Solaris 10 an amazing operating system and also some flaws that prevent it from being perfect.

Analysis: How Sun plans to build Solaris open source community

roblimo

November 16, 2004 8:00:00 AM

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- OK, so Sun Microsystems, which claims to be the second-highest contributor overall in the open source software community (BSD is No. 1), is seriously getting back into the open source mix, thanks to the newly opened Solaris 10. In the past, anybody who had to sign a licensing agreement with Sun involving either Solaris or Java software would certainly not agree with the assessment that Sun was open source anything. Times have changed, and so has Sun. Apparently.

Review: UnixWare 7.1.4 is suitable for basic server duty

Lee Schlesinger

August 10, 2004 8:00:00 AM

UnixWare 7.1.4 is the latest in a long line of Unix releases from The SCO Group. It is a stable and mature Unix, with a variety of basic servers included, such as the Apache Web server and Squid, and is available in both single-user desktop-oriented versions and server versions. It has reasonable support for hardware, good documentation, and a nice integrated management utility that offers unified administration of the OS, hardware, and servers. Performance as a server platform is good, supporting a number of TCP sessions and Web server users, and file transfer performance is competitive with Linux and Windows platforms. However, as a desktop OS or file/print server, UnixWare is hard to recommend over competitors.

Sun reveals tidbits of Solaris open source strategy

CJ Preimesberger

June 16, 2004 8:00:00 AM

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sun Microsystems confirmed Tuesday that it intends to open the source code for its Solaris operating system, but it gave no timetable for such a release. Ann Wettersten, Sun vice president of systems software marketing, said the company wants "to do it right, and not just throw it out there" without some sort of well-thought-out strategy ahead of it.

Sun publishes new hardware compatibility list for Solaris 9 x86

CJ Preimesberger

August 28, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- by Chris Preimesberger -
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Sun Microsystems announced today that it has posted a new hardware compatibility list for its lower-end Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition operating system and has populated it with 100 new third-party systems and 100 components.

Who is David and who is Goliath?

David Graham

August 17, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- by David "cdlu" Graham -
The story of SCO versus IBM has been compared to a story of David versus Goliath, except that we all want Goliath to win. I put it to you that IBM is not, in fact, Goliath, but that Linux is. IBM is just Goliath's powerful right arm, and Goliath has been awoken from a peacful slumber.

A centralized server architecture could be the killer Unix app

Lee Schlesinger

July 17, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- by Paul Murphy -
If you're like me, you probably use Linux or Unix at home and then go to work and wonder why all the people struggling with Microsoft products don't just upgrade to Linux. Despite all the cost and security issues, business's commitment to Microsoft's Windows desktop products shows few signs of waning. The key to turning this situation around may be to place the user's perspective above that of the systems staff.

Understanding the Microsoft-SCO connection

Lee Schlesinger

May 22, 2003 8:00:00 AM

- By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
What is Microsoft really up to by <SLASH HREF="http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-1007528.html" ID="9cb32f1ec9ae5bd8426144894693c610" TITLE="" TYPE="LINK">licensing Unix from SCO</SLASH> for between 10 and 30 million dollars? I think the answer's quite simple: they want to hurt Linux. Anything that damages Linux's reputation, which lending support to SCO's Unix intellectual property claims does, is to Microsoft's advantage.

Cyber cynic: Solaris on Intel -- forget about it already

Anonymous

September 18, 2002 8:00:00 AM

- By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
of Practical Technology -
Way, way back in 1993 when I ran a Unix feature for PC Magazine, I helped review the first version of Solaris for Intel. I noticed at the time that Solaris on Intel wasn't the equal of Solaris on SPARC.

Too many Unixes? HP plans to support HP-UX and Tru64 and OpenUnix and ...

Anonymous

August 19, 2002 8:00:00 AM

- By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
It's not an easy job, but Hewlett-Packard is determined to support no fewer than five major operating systems: Linux, HP-UX, Tru64, OpenVMS and Windows. Dig a bit deeper and it's even more complicated with three main flavors of Linux -- Debian, Red Hat, and UnitedLinux -- and at least as many versions of Windows -- Windows 2000, XP and the up coming .NET Server.

The Open Group's CEO defends domain-name dispute, calls for more openness

Grant Gross

August 12, 2002 8:00:00 AM

-By Grant Gross -
Allen Brown, president and CEO of The Open Group defends his organization's recent attempts to gain control of some Unix-related domain names by saying companies that license the UNIX trademark from The Open Group need that trademark to maintain its value.

Unix + Linux = Caldera: Company continues Unix support but predicts move to Linux

Grant Gross

April 16, 2002 8:00:00 AM

- By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols -
So where is Caldera going with its older operating systems? Linux may be all fine and dandy, but the fate of OpenServer is what the people at the DTR Business Systems reseller show in Las Vegas earlier this month wanted to know, and Caldera's CEO Ransom Love was there to give them answers.

Review: Belkin wireless NIC and WAP for Linux

Anonymous

March 06, 2002 8:00:00 AM

- By Jeff Field -
It was cold when I woke up Tuesday morning, but I had some work to get done. On any other Tuesday morning, I would have had to get out of bed to go to work, but that morning, I had Linux, a laptop, and a wireless LAN card.

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