Computerworld

Sun begins its release of open-source Solaris code

Sun Microsystems Inc. hopes that open-source Solaris will draw in new developers, new users and new growth opportunities. But the initial focus of the initiative may be more prosaic: device drivers.
Le Monde Informatique

Sun pourrait publier le code source de Solaris en GPL

Sun Microsystems étudie la publication du code source de Solaris, son système d'exploitation phare. "Nous le placerons peut-être sous licence GPL. (...) C'est quelque chose que nous étudions", ...
Computerworld

‘Open-source’ Solaris plan draws lukewarm response

Sun Microsystems Inc.’s announcement this week that it plans to make Solaris an “open-source” operating system was met with mixed reactions from users and skepticism from open-source advocates. “I’m ...
CRN

Sources: Sun Plans to Open Nearly All of Solaris Source Code

Sources familiar with the company's plans told CRN at JavaOne 2004 that Sun is not going to simply open up bits and pieces of the millions of lines of code in Solaris, Sun's popular Unix-based ...