OpenSolaris Dead
OpenSolaris
KindOperating system
Appeared2008
Ended2010
StatusDead
CreatorSun Microsystems
FamilyUnix
PlatformSPARC, x86
Sourceillumos.org ↗
Solaris's brief open-source window — closed by Oracle on acquisition; illumos forked the kernel before the lights went out.
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OpenSolaris (2005) was Sun's open-sourcing of Solaris — CDDL-licensed, ZFS+DTrace+Zones, and the fork that became illumos and OpenIndiana after Oracle closed it in 2010.\n\nOracle abandoned it; the community didn't — illumos is the direct descendant.