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[News] [OSS/Rival] Sun Considers GPLing Solaris, What Does This Mean to Linux?

McNealy says Sun evaluating OpenSolaris on GPL

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| There have been nearly 8 million downloads of Solaris in the last
| two years, and there are 900 systems certified to run Solaris,
| which is more than any Linux distribution, McNealy said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070509/tc_infoworld/88402

Will Sun's Solaris put Linux in the shade?

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| Speaking for the free software movement, Stallman says that if Sun
| decides to release its code under version 3 of the GPL licence, it
| "would be a reason for us to encourage use of Solaris" as part of
| a GNU/OpenSolaris alternative to GNU/Linux.
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http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2075543,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=20
http://tinyurl.com/yuyzwa

Sun Targets SMBs with Open Source Java

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| Sun is again targeting the SMB demographic, according to a
| recent SiliconValley.com article, but this time with cheaper,
| commodity servers and free software that it hopes will convince
| some Linux users to switch to its Solaris operating system.
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/sbp/?p=120

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