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Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana - what comes closest to it?
From:       Matthias =?iso-8859-1?Q?Pf=FCtzner?= <Matthias () Pfuetzner ! DE>
Date:       2010-08-30 15:13:59
Message-ID: 20100830151359.GE16682 () Pfuetzner ! DE
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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
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