[ug-bosug] Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris

[Manish Chakravarty]

Hello Everyone,

There's an interesting article on ZDNet:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/-Sun-hopes-for-Linux-like-Solaris/0,130061733,339276057,00.htm

titled "Sun hopes for linux-like Solaris"


There is one para which says
"Linux and Solaris are cousins that stem from the same Unix heritage, if 
not from the same source code. But Linux fans simply have a hard time 
trying Solaris, Murdock said on Tuesday."


If not from the same source code? Well that would mean Linux and 
OpenSolaris would have a lot of code in common  :p

I'm sure the article is not well researched!

Another para says:
"However, Schwartz has talked frequently of the possibility of releasing 
Solaris under the GPL that governs Linux, which -- if both operating 
systems use the same version of the GPL -- would theoretically permit 
code sharing. "

Is this really true? I mean if Solaris is released under the GPL, that 
would be great, wouldnt it?


Thanks
Manish
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