Neowin News Feed for: Solaris

Solaris 10 no longer free, future of OpenSolaris questioned

giga — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:56:21 +0000

Infoworld is reporting that Sun's enterprise operating system, Solaris 10, is no longer free and is now a 90 day trial. The changed licensing agreement now states the following: "Please remember, your right to use... Read more...

Solaris to Get Linux Features

Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:03:47 +0000

Sun Microsystems Incorporated has plans, called Project Indiana, to revamp Solaris, one of the main varieties of the Unix family of operating systems, known for their ability to safely and securely handle major computing tasks... Read more...

Apple Considers Solaris ZFS Support in OS X?

Mon, 01 May 2006 15:32:47 +0000

Apple is reportedly considering plans to port Solaris ZFS to Mac OS X. An email message purported to come from Sun's Eric Kustarz claims: "Here's some exciting news! Chris Emura, the filesystem development manager within... Read more...

Lighting a fire under Solaris

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:54:05 +0000

Solaris has been the most widely used version of Unix. But much wind was taken from the operating system's sails by the quick arrival of Linux and the equally quick departure of Sun's prestige when... Read more...

Solaris free software portal faces closure

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:37:47 +0000

Lack of funding may force free software portal Blastwave, one of the only sources for pre-packaged Solaris software, to close its doors. Since 2002, the portal has been bundling publicly available software... Read more...

Sun begins open-source Solaris era

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:49:27 +0000

Sun Microsystems is expected to release Solaris as open-source software Tuesday; the move is a centerpiece of the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend off rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft. ... Read more...

Torvalds: A Solaris skeptic

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:31:48 +0000

When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of programmers to create Linux, the operating system that arguably suffered most was Sun Microsystems' Solaris. Now Torvalds and his allies face a... Read more...

Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:31:36 +0000

When Sun Microsystems releases Solaris as open-source software, it plans to provide legal protection from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the operating system--one of several ways Sun hopes to make Solaris more competitive... Read more...

Sun to set Solaris free, after a fashion

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:56:55 +0000

Sun Microsystems plans to announce a free version of its Solaris operating system Monday, taking a page that Red Hat tore from its playbook in 2003. Anyone who registers with Sun will... Read more...

Sun Readies New Solaris Push, Snipes at Linux

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 10:42:45 +0000

Sun Microsystems Inc. officials on Tuesday offered new details on its open-source strategy. The company said publicly what most industry players understood for a long time: Sun's top priority is supporting its Solaris operating system... Read more...

Sun to launch next version of Solaris on Nov. 15

Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:47:00 +0000

Sun Microsystems Inc. will formally launch the next major release of its flagship Solaris operating system at a press event Nov. 15 at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, company officials confirmed... Read more...

Sun to open up the secret mix to Solaris

Wed, 30 Jun 2004 04:00:07 +0000

About a month ago, Sun let out the words that they are planning to give away source codes in Solaris and today, CRN has cited an anonymous Sun's employee and revealed that Sun is not... Read more...

Sun warms to open source for Solaris

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 19:53:43 +0000

China--Sun Microsystems continues its tilt toward the open-source world. The company's president and chief operating officer, Jonathan Schwartz, said here Wednesday that Sun plans to give its proprietary Solaris server operating system... Read more...

Sun Sets Sights on Solaris File System

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:29:18 +0000

Sun Microsystems Inc. this week is planning to give users of its Solaris operating system a sneak peek at the next version and its new file system. Among the many new features of Solaris 10,... Read more...

Trusted Solaris has secure future, Sun says

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:01:51 +0000

Sun Microsystems Inc. will continue to offer the Trusted Solaris version of its operating system as a separate product, a company official said Tuesday, trying to clear up any confusion that Sun may have caused... Read more...

Sun to boost partitioning in Solaris 10

Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:33:42 +0000

Sun Microsystems Inc. outlined planned improvements for Version 10 of its Solaris operating system on Tuesday, part of its quarterly update of new hardware and software products. Sun's hardware news -- including servers based on... Read more...

Microsoft uses Solaris servers for Hotmail shock

Tue, 24 Dec 2002 14:23:04 +0000

The Palatinate of Redmondia wants a software development engineer to help it move away from Solaris to Windows 32 servers, based in Mountain View. This is like the heart-thumping shock we had... Read more...

Sun revives Solaris for Intel

Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:58:35 +0000

Sun is to revive the Intel version of Solaris, which it effectively mothballed late last year. From September, Sun will offer Solaris x86 8.0, alongside Linux on its new 'Big Bear' Intel... Read more...

Sun to reprieve Solaris 9 for Intel?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 31 May 2002 08:30:32 +0000

Solaris 9 for Intel could be poised to ship after all The official line is currently that Sun is shipping Solaris 9 for Sparc, but that "Sun is deferring the productization and release of the... Read more...

Free Solaris 9

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 May 2002 18:26:34 +0000

When you deploy Web services, your apps demand no-compromise performance, security, and high-availability. So protect your Web services investment with the reliable foundation that the Solaris™ Operating Environment provides. Act now and get your FREE... Read more...

Solaris hole found

Darren Bolton — Thu, 02 May 2002 14:11:48 +0000

HACKERS CAN POTENTIALLY exploit a format string vulnerability in remote wall requests in order to execute arbitrary code in Solaris, Sun Microsystems version of the Unix operating system, security experts have warned. Sun... Read more...

Sun readies Solaris counterpunch to .Net

Mon, 14 Jan 2002 07:33:43 +0000

For years Microsoft has argued that its homogenous approach to enterprise computing is inherently easier to manage and has lower maintenance costs than the more open computing environment evangelized by Sun Microsystems. But... Read more...

Sun delays Solaris 9 for Intel chips

Tue, 08 Jan 2002 22:23:31 +0000

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday delayed plans to release an Intel-compatible version of its forthcoming Solaris 9 operating system, the latest slight in a long and often edgy relationship between the two companies. ... Read more...