Sun launches OpenSolaris, inks deal with Amazon
Sun Microsystems on Monday said it has released OpenSolaris, an open source version of its Solaris operating system, and announced a deal with Amazon.com.
The OpenSolaris project has been under development for . Sun hopes to popularize the operating system with developers, students and other traditional Linux users.
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OpenSolaris will offer some interesting features intended to appeal to the curious, such as the ability to run the operating system from CD and a system for easily rolling-back installations.
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I don't see what's that different from the free Solaris we already have apart from the Amazon thingy...