You (Constantin Gonzalez) wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > >> now that OpenSolaris as a distribution is dead, it might be getting time to >> move on. Question: which one of the distributions based on the Solaris >> kernel comes closest to Indiana, i.e. contains as much as legally possible >> from the 'official' Solaris world while still being open source? I mean, >> ZFS, zones, Xvm/Xen, IPS, self healing, automated installation, you name >> it. > > That's Solaris 11. As John Fowler said, it will become available later this > year as a preview release. > > Assuming that you're currently using OpenSolaris 2009.06 or a later build, > you're enjoying a preview of Solaris 11 already. > > Nobody from Oracle said Solaris 11 won't be open source, so that should > satisfy all of your requirements above. > >> What I definitely do not want is the Solaris kernel under the hood of a >> Linux distribution. *yuck* > > No need for that. > > Just give Oracle some more time to explain themselves. > > And watching Oracle's communications around Oracle Open World is always a > good idea. > > > Hope this helps, > Constantin
And to add to what my colleague Constantin said: If the leaked email is to be believed, there also will be the Open Source part, so I disagree to what Erik wrote here... So, the "only" significant changes so far known are: - No more Open Development (that's why the OGB dissolved itself) - Open Source ONLY AFTER the corresponding binary distribution - Name Change for the binary distribution: OpenSolaris in now called Solaris 11 Express Hope this clarifies a bit... Matthias -- Matthias Pfützner | Tel.: +49 700 PFUETZNER | Sysadmins are highly paid Lichtenbergstr.73 | mailto:matth...@pfuetzner.de | babysitters. D-64289 Darmstadt | AIM: pfuetz, ICQ: 300967487 | Germany | http://www.pfuetzner.de/matthias/ | Unix Haters Handbook _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org