Looks like Jeff Bonwick ( CTO of storage, and the guy responsible for ZFS ) had a meeting with Linux benevolent dictator Linus Torvalds. Could this mean ZFS for Linux?
Second allowing the Linux community to use ZFS will broaden the usage of ZFS meaning that more people will have their eyes on the code and hopefully contribute back. Keep in mind that this has already happened with other OS's such as FreeBSD…
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The first supported first version of Sun Microsystems’ OpenSolaris, AKA Project Indiana, makes its debut today with additional backing from Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud.
Sun is introducing three levels of paid support for the OpenSolaris 2008.5 code drop for developers and end users. Support starts at $49 per incident for developers and runs to $2,160 per system per year for tailored customizations, and includes…
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Sun’s Ian Murdock gave a presentation about OpenSolaris at LugRadio Live this past weekend. He explained how OpenSolaris reflects Sun’s changing platform strategy and also discussed some of the technical attributes that differentiate OpenSolaris from Linux.
When OpenSolaris launches in May, it will start out with a significant disadvantage compared to Linux on the desktop because it doesn't have the same level of desktop hardware support yet or as big of a packaging community as the major…
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