The June 2009 (2009.06) release of OpenSolaris provides a solid Open Source GNOME desktop experience like that of a modern Linux distribution combined with the scalability and stability of UNIX. Over ...

The OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB), the body responsible for directing the development of OpenSolaris, has threatened to disband before the end of August in protest at a lack of communication from ...

The OpenSolaris project, which has been slowly gaining momentum over the past year, issued its first official release last week. Designed with an emphasis on usability and easy installation, ...

Governing board that oversees the open-source Solaris community, frustrated by months of "radio silence" from Oracle, threatens to disband. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Sun has released the first fruits of a new, more Linux-like attempt to make something useful from its open-source Solaris effort. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

People outside of IT seldom think of Oracle as a Linux company, but it is. Not only does Oracle encourage its customers to use its own house-brand clone of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Oracle ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Sun Microsystems is kicking off this JavaOne week with a ...

Dissatisfaction has surfaced in the OpenSolaris community in the wake of a trademark policy dispute that raises questions about the project's autonomy and the nature of Sun's role as the project's ...

Sun Microsystems plans to make several product and partner announcements today at its CommunityOne Developer event. CommunityOne is a "pre-event" that precedes the annual JavaOne conference, which is ...

Sun on Tuesday said it is offering developer tools and professional services capabilities that will allow developers to build on its OpenSolaris platform and even turn industry-standard servers into ...

In an interview, Ian Murdock, formerly with the Linux Foundation and now with Sun, discusses the company's open-source efforts and how to monetize them Ian Murdock is vice president of developer and ...

Frustrated by Oracle’s delay in releasing the latest version of OpenSolaris, the OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) is growing uneasy over Oracle’s lack of communication regarding the future of the ...