OpenSolaris is an
operating system (OS), an
open source project licensed under CDDL, and a
community. The project’s goals are innovation, collaboration, and the extension of OpenSolaris technology.OpenSolaris is free, open source, and well-suited for desktops, laptops, servers, and data centers. The quality requirement of OpenSolaris is perhaps best stated as
Production Ready All The Time.
OpenSolaris
technical communities maintain kernel and userland consolidations and launch new technology
projects. OpenSolaris is developed by communities working in the different projects. Each project focuses on one or more specific areas of the system. The OpenSolaris developer project is sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
