From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 10/10/2025 9:30 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:14 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:   
   >> Oracle wanted to sell proprietary hardware, until they lost interest   
   >> in Solaris in favour of cloud.   
   >   
   > I’m sure the fans of the various OpenSolaris offshoots would love to see   
   > Solaris open-sourced again. Surely it would be no loss to Oracle to do   
   > this now.   
      
   I doubt it would make a difference.   
      
   They got a copy years ago. They could not make it a success.   
      
   There is no reason to believe that getting a copy again would make   
   it a success.   
      
   Arne   
      
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