OpenSolaris for System z: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox OS

| name = OpenSolaris for System z

| website = [http://www.sinenomine.net/opensolaris OpenSolaris for System z]

| developer = Sine Nomine Associates

| family = [[OpenSolaris]]

| released = {{release_dateStart date and age|df=yes|2008|10|07}}

| working_state = defunct

| website = [http://www.sinenomine.net/opensolaris OpenSolaris for System z]

}}

{{History of IBM mainframe operating systems|unix}}

'''OpenSolaris for System z''' is a discontinued<ref name="dead">Gavin Clarke, 29 March 2010, [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/29/oracle_solaris_z_ibm_mainframe/ Sun's IBM-mainframe flower wilts under Oracle's hard gaze], ''The Register''</ref> port of the [[OpenSolaris]] operating system to the [[IBM System z]] line of [[mainframe computers]].

== History ==

OpenSolaris is based on [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], which was originally released by [[Sun Microsystems]] in 1991. Sun Microsystems released the bulk of the Solaris system source code in OpenSolaris on 14 June 2005, which made it possible for developers to create other OpenSolaris distributions. [[Sine Nomine Associates]] began a project to bring OpenSolaris to the IBM mainframe in July, 2006.<ref>[http://www.sinenomine.net/node/411 IBM Expresses Interest in OpenSolaris for System Z Project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513153008/http://sinenomine.net/node/411 |date=13 May 2008 }}</ref> The project was named ''Sirius'' (in analogy to the Polaris project to port OpenSolaris to PowerPC). In April, 2007, Sine Nomine presented an initial progress report at IBM's System z Technical Expo conference.

At the [[Gartner]] Data Center Conference in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] in late 2007, Sine Nomine demonstrated OpenSolaris running on IBM System z under [[z/VM]]. It was there that David Boyes of Sine Nomine stated that OpenSolaris for System z would be available "soon."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0XPN2z6Qc Open Solaris on System Z demo part III], YouTube Video</ref>

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== References ==

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