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OpenIndiana, A continuation of OpenSolaris

DataON — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:11:34 +0000

OpenIndiana, an exciting new distribution of OpenSolaris, is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. It was conceived during the period of uncertainty following the Oracle takeover of Sun Microsystems, after several months passed with no binary updates made available to the public. The formation proved timely, as Oracle has since discontinued OpenSolaris in favour of Solaris 11 Express, a binary distribution with a more closed development model to debut later this year.

OpenIndiana is part of the Illumos Foundation, and provides a true open source community alternative to Solaris 11 and Solaris 11 Express, with an open development model and full community participation.

http://openindiana.org/announcement/

ISO

http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/147/oi-dev-147-x86.iso

NetApp and Oracle Agree to Dismiss Lawsuits for ZFS (Zettabyte File System)

DataON — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:45:31 +0000

NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that both parties have agreed to

dismiss their pending patent litigation, which began in 2007 between

Sun Microsystems and NetApp. Oracle and NetApp seek to have the

lawsuits dismissed without prejudice. The terms of the agreement are confidential.

http://tinyurl.com/39qkzgz

http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/news-rel-20100909-oracle-settlement.html

A recap of the history at:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/09/oracle_netapp_zfs_dismiss/

Welcome Illumos.org

DataON — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:27:08 +0000

Last Friday, Garrett D’Amore announced a new effort of OpenSolaris called Illumos.

A number of the community leaders from the OpenSolaris community have been working quietly together on this new effort called Illumos, and they are just about ready to fully disclose their work to, and invite the general participation of, the general public on August 3, 2010 at 1PM EDT .

I believe it will be a interesting project. Instead of long waiting on opensolaris 2010.02/2010.03/2010.06/… etc, hopefully users can have the alternative choice to use the beauty of opensolaris kernel like ZFS file system and continue contribution by the public community.

You can find out the full details of how to listen in to our conference, or attend in person (we will be announcing from New York City) by visiting http://www.illumos.org/announce (The final details shall be posted there not later than 1PM EDT Aug 1, 2010.)