Solaris
Alvaro just tipped the world that the OpenSolaris project gives away a starter kit for free. Having browsed around their site a few minutes I saw that the licensing was OSI approved - so right now I'm waiting for the kit to arrive in the mail.
This connects back to the days when I discovered Linux. I was looking at all conceivable alternate operating systems - I even ran OS/2 instead of DOS. Right now the most interesting projects seems to be the desktop versions of BSD: PC-BSD and DesktopBSD. An interesting Linux project is the GoboLinux, an alternate approach to Linux. Then there is the Swedish OS: Contiki. Just the concept of being able to surf the web from a C64... wicked! :-)
posted by Johan Thelin @ 15:06
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I wouldn't hold your breath. I ordered my Solaris media kit several weeks ago and I'm still waiting.
I actually think Sun has missed a huge opportunity with the launch of Vista - it could have launched Solaris as a low-cost alternative and perhaps induced a few companies to produce software for it in addition to its own OpenOffice. Sure, a few people will install Ubuntu but a lot will just keep on using XP if they can't afford to upgrade for Vista - and those who can probably will.
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