Sun Microsystems has taken a number of steps recently in promoting the Solaris 10 Operating System (Solaris OS). These include support for the open source Postgres database and plans to integrate Solaris Containers for Linux Applications. Sun also showed results of its involvement with the Xen open source project, which enables provisioning and managing of Solaris OS to a virtualized server environment.
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Got problems with storage capacity? Sun may have just the solution you've been waiting for: the Solaris Zettabyte File System (ZFS), a radically new approach to data management. What distinguishes Solaris ZFS from other storage solutions is that it eliminates the volumes, partitions, provisioning, wasted bandwidth and stranded storage associated with its predecessors.
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IBM and Sun executives will host a meeting devoted to promoting the use of OpenDocument as an inducement for adoption of software that would compete with Microsoft Office. ComputerWorld's Elizabeth Montalbano reports that the ideas behind the gathering include the notion that vendors supporting OpenDocument could create a reference implementation that companies will be able to use in testing their software for compatibility.
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The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)has launched its online patent commons reference library, which will catalogue existing patent commitments from companies and individuals who wish to retain ownership of their patents, and will provide information about different types of pledges and covenants and how they work.
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