OpenIndiana is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. It was conceived during the period of uncertainty following the Oracle takeover of Sun Microsystems, after several months passed with no binary updates made available to the public. The formation proved timely, as Oracle discontinued OpenSolaris soon after in favour of Solaris 11 Express, a binary distribution with a more closed development model to debut later this year.
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akf
14 years 9 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago
OpenIndiana FAQ
More interesting is the FAQ:
http://wiki.openindiana.org:8080/display/oi/Frequently+Asked+Questions
Especially: “Eventually we hope to replace all closed source components.” — so it isn't fully free, yet.
lozz
14 years 9 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago
Open Office, too
We really need to bust Open Office out of Oracle's dungeon, as well.
Open Office is a far too important symbol of software freedom to be left languishing behind Oracle's proprietary bars. It needs forking out of there!