Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> Solaris
>>> has worked on Intel hardware for quite some time, and Sun made it open
>>> source also some time ago.
> 
>> Any idea what the motivation behind this is?
> 
>   I don't know, but I guess decreased sales in the last decade.

In particular, decreased hardware sales. Sun is a hardware company, not 
a software company. Giving away software for free makes their hardware 
more attractive.

The same reason they created Java and StarOffice and all the other 
"Open" stuff.

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   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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