The OS Sun has close down to be free. The downloadable version of the site editor is only valid for 90 days.

Solaris 10 is now paying

One cannot help thinking that this is primarily a result of the recovery of the company by Oracle. Previously, it was possible to use the OS provided free to alive any technical assistance. It was enough to give his email address and the trick was done.

Sun, under the direction of Oracle, which recently bought the firm, now requires users to purchase a service contract to continue to use Solaris 10 after the deadline.

The uncertain future of OpenSolaris

Open Solaris is free and licensed under CDDL. Persons wishing to use Solaris without pay will therefore fall back on this version. Yet, the change experienced by Solaris 10 does not bode well. While Oracle has promised to continue supporting the system of Sun, he said Open Solaris might not have all the new features launched in version is now paying.


While details are still unclear, we imagine that Oracle will simply decline to open the code of some of the features added to the platform. specially, these are the smaller users now benefiting from OpenSolaris that would suffer most because of the lack of a necessary feature or at checkout.

This decision has even encouraged some believers to Sun's system of distributions to recommend alternatives like Nexenta, Belenix and SchilliX. Not only will the decision to build Oracle fears adapted from Sun, but we cannot help thinking that this is part of a broader strategy that will shrink the importance of software solutions for the advantage of the Sun Oracle.