| Sun's Plans To Open Source Solaris Questionable |
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Don't make celebratory plans just yet to join the Open Source Solaris Community: Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) is only saying that it is looking at its plans to open up the Solaris source code, meaning it could happen months from now, years from now or, in fact, never.
Despite reports yesterday that it was a done deal, Sun is now backtracking, confusing just about everyone as to exactly what changes, if any, the company will make to the Solaris licensing and development model. Adding to that problem is the lukewarm reception that the proposal, and the way Sun announced it, is receiving.
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