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Sun considers GPL for Solaris
News If Sun switched its Unix version to the General Public License, it could permit code-swapping with Linux.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source
Netgear SC101T Storage Central Turbo
Reviews Netgear's SC101T Storage Central Turbo is robust, relatively attractive and affordable, making it suitable for all but the most demanding environments, although managing the device can be tricky.
Sun able to 'weather' downturn
News update Company's net cash-revenue ratio of US$1.8 billion is "healthy", compared to negative cash positions of its main competitors, says APAC president.
Tags: Accounting, Sales, Global strategic management, Strategy formulation, Workforce, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff
Could NetApp suit throw a wrench in Sun-IBM talks?
News NetApp's patent suit against Sun Microsystems could pose a challenging hurdle for Sun in its reported merger talks with IBM, reports American Lawyer's AM Law.com site.
Tags: Acquisitions, Servers, Open source, Business applications, IBM Corp., File System, Storage, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., NetApp
Sun adds enterprise features to OpenSolaris
News A new support contract, processor support, and networking and storage technology are designed to put the open source OS on an even footing alongside Solaris.
Tags: Acquisitions, Open source, Operating systems, Server platforms, Networking, Data Management, Database management, Virtualization, File System, Storage
Apple denies use of ZFS in Leopard
News Mac OS X will not make use of the ZFS file system, despite Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz saying it would.
Tags: Mac OS, Business applications
Sun countersuit: NetApp violates 12 patents
News Sun Microsystems fires back against NetApp's patent infringement lawsuit involving the ZFS file system software.
Tags: Open source
Sun plans to countersue NetApp
News ZFS file system can't be un-open-sourced, Schwartz says on his blog. And if Sun wins, it'll donate some proceeds to open-source and patent reform causes.
Tags: Open source
Sun deal puts OpenSolaris on Toshiba laptops
News Toshiba laptops with OpenSolaris 2008.11 will be available in the United States from 2009, but availability elsewhere has not yet been announced.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Notebooks and tablets, Web Browser, File System, operating system, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, Laptop Computer, high-performance
Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
News The open source Debian operating system has gained support for the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to run the same OS on two different software cores.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Gentoo, Kernel, operating system, Debian, Linux Kernel, BSD, AMD64, kFreeBSD, Hardware
Sun updates OpenSolaris
News The second release of OpenSolaris incorporates improvements aimed at making it more competitive with desktop-orientated Linux distributions such as Ubuntu.
Tags: UNIX, Open source, Network infrastructure, Virtualization, GNOME, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, software, workstation
Storage server hybrids coming into vogue
Techguide The lines are blurring between storage systems and servers. Find out what's in store for these technologies.
Sun boosts open storage strategy
News The company claims the storage industry is going through a similar "radical transformation" to that experienced in the server industry a decade ago.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Storage, Network-attached storage (NAS), Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Sun Microsystems Inc., NAS, software, Santa Cruz
Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris
News Through Project Indiana, Sun wants to give Solaris a Linux feel to try to woo an influential developer crowd.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source
Lighting a fire under Solaris
News Sun is trying to reinvigorate the operating system with advances in performance, networking, reliability and data storage, with two significant updates slated for this year.
Tags: UNIX
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