The committee that governed the development of Open Solaris (Open Solaris Governing board) has been dissolved. The conclusion was taken collectively after knowing Oracle will facilitate the migration to Solaris Express S11 and close the collaborative process that underpinned the development of Open Solaris.

Oracle's position before the community of Open Solaris and its lawsuit against Google for alleged patent violations of Java have confirmed the fears of open source advocates on the policy when they purchased Oracle Sun. Simon Phipps, former head of Sun's open source has expressed his sadness for the dissolution of the committee and its counterpart in Adobe, Dave McAllister, said that Oracle takes over Microsoft clearly an enemy of open source.

Committee members could now support the project Illume a former engineer of Sun, Garrett D'Amore proposed creating a new community that would not rely on any company and resume the development of operating system kernel. Oracle is committed to supporting preferably Solaris Express version will be available free but under proprietary license. With the dissolution, Oracle has direct control of the Open Solaris community.