Re: What will "OpenSolaris" be?

From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:28:08 GMT

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Dan Koren wrote:

> However, DTrace is probably closer to the kernel than any
> other command or utility. It would be interesting to find
> out if Sun will open source its compilers and ZFS ;-)

ZFS is part of the kernel; what makes you think Sun won't
open source it?

Sooner or later the nay-sayers are gonna have to admit it:
Sun is serious about open sourcing Solaris. It is going to
happen, soon. 

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