Solaris Archive

Sun Indefinitely Delays Solaris 9 for x86

Submitted by Ken Crandall 2002-01-09 Solaris 13 Comments

OSNews reader Ken Crandall writes: "According to CNet, Sun has decided to indefinitely postpone the release of Solaris 9 for Intel processors citing the economy (read: lower demand for new hardware) and the "bottom line" (read: due to Linux and BSD, even lower demand for Solaris on x86) as reasons. They did mention, however, that they 'retain the option to do (Solaris on Intel) in the future'."

The Story Behind the Solaris OE

Eugenia Loli 2001-11-09 Solaris 5 Comments

Sun has published an article describing how they "transformed the Unix into the leading environment for technical and enterprise computing" with Solaris. The article features a timeline description from SunOS in 1982 to 2001 and Solaris 8. In the meantime, Solaris 9 is still in beta and it is scheduled to be released next year with the following new features:

Sun Sends Solaris 9 Out in Beta

Eugenia Loli 2001-10-05 Solaris 1 Comment

ZDNet reports that Sun Microsystems has initiated beta testing for the next version of its Unix operating system, Solaris 9. The new version runs on Sun's UltraSparc or Intel's 32-bit processors, and includes new features to streamline software upgrades and manage system resources. The final version of Solaris 9 should be available to Sun customers some time in 2002 and it will also feature Gnome 2.0 (which released its first alpha version just yesterday) as the default desktop instead of CDE.