Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 28th Feb 2007 17:14 UTC, submitted by Francis Kuntz
Sun Microsystems is the latest company to become a patron of the Free Software Foundation. The FSF's corporate patron program allows companies to provide financial sponsorship for the FSF in return for free license consulting services. High-profile FSF patron affiliates include prominent technology companies like Google, Nokia, IBM, Cisco, and Intel. FSF involvement represents Sun's latest attempt to take a more active role in the open-source software community.
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2006-01-17
Interesting. I wonder how hard it would be for a distribution to switch kernels, and who might be the first?
Oh. A bit of googling says this is hardly a new idea. There's already a Debian based distro that uses Solaris
http://www.gnusolaris.org/gswiki
I bet Debian will become more involved when GPLv3 drops.
This is sure to add some excitement to the Free OS scene (And complaints about fractualization). Bring it on!