[News] OpenSolaris verus Linux (and Why the GPLv3 is Important)

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Crystal Ball Sunday #2: OpenSolaris vs. Linux

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| My first prediction is that there will be sizable battle waged between the
| two in the Press and in IT labs alike. I foresee a lot of debate going back
| and forth about the two operating systems, their pros, their cons, and the
| stalwarts in both camps. This is going to be somewhat of a religious battle
| so prepare yourselves accordingly.
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| Second, and perhaps more important, is the license that both operating
| systems will eventually live under. Linus Torvalds opposes GPL3 and currently
| refuses to allow the kernel to be governed by it. OpenSolaris was released
| under the CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License).
| I think the first one of these operating systems that is releases under GPL3
| will probably gain widespread acceptance with developers, corporations, and
| adopters. The reason is that most of the other open source apps released
| under GPL3 will receive vigorous adoption and development by the kernel that
| also matches that license.
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[url]http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2435.html[/url]

OSolaris is still a little chubby (Vista syndrome):

OpenSolaris gets its wings ... but it requires a long, long time on the tarmac
with 512 MB of RAM

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| At any rate, what I learned is that OpenSolaris is certainly usable on the
| desktop, just not so much in the form that Sun itself is releasing it --
| especially for a box with 512 MB of RAM.
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[url]http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/05/opensolaris-2.html[/url]


Related:

GPLv3, Linux and GPLv2 Compatibility

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| Over time, more and more projects currently released under the GPL
| adopt the Linux license, because it is more legally precise and more
| comprehensible to the average developer than either the GPLv2 or
| GPLv3. Eventually, Linux distributions switch over to the Linux
| license, leaving only a small branch of GPLv3 (or v4 or v5) code
| to be downloaded separately (if the user chooses to do so).
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[url]http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/04/gplv3_linux_and.html[/url]
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____/ Tattoo Vampire on Sunday 11 May 2008 16:09 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> OSolaris is still a little chubby (Vista syndrome):
>>
>> OpenSolaris gets its wings ... but it requires a long, long time on the
>> tarmac with 512 MB of RAM[/color]
>
> It ran fairly well here but I didn't see anything that would make me want to
> move to it from Linux.[/color]

They'll probably try to get into the storage and server space first (like
Linux, which now leads in embedded and HPC). They have a good filesystem.

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