[ug-bosug] opensolaris vs sun solaris 10

[Moinak Ghosh]

ravi kumar wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I new to this group. I have some questions about
> opensolaris. 
>
>
> 1.is there any difference between opensolaris and sun
> solaris 10 
>   

   OpenSolaris is refers to the source code just like Linux refers to 
the Kernel
   source.

   Solaris 10 and Solaris Express are SUN's distributions of OpenSolaris,
   just like RedHat or SuSE are distributions of Linux.

> 2.i heard multiple buids of opensolaris (solaris
> express.. and like some other name ) what are those?
> whats the difference ?
>   

   Solaris 10 is the official stable supported release of Solaris 
version 10 that
   goes to all SUN customers. It goes through a rigorous testing and 
validation
   process.

   Solaris Express is a beta release train of Solaris 11 (codenamed Nevada).
   Solaris Express is available as an unsupported beta for Developers and
   Users who like to be on the bleeding edge.

   Obviously folks are encouraged to discuss OpenSolaris and Solaris Express
   stuff on the technical mailing lists.

> 3.is solaris 10 is 100% open sourced like linux ? 
>   

   Most of Solaris 10 is opensourced. However there are some additional
   stuff including third-party software that are not available in source 
form.
 
Regards,
Moinak.

>
> Thanks for your time 
>
> - Ravi 
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