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...
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:...
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 ...