Tag Archives: OpenSolaris

Oracle buys Sun

Posted on 20 April 2009 by Rick Mason

Oracle has purchased Sun Microsystems. This is significant on many levels.  Many of our library systems run on software or hardware from these companies.  The Voyager library I used to work for used an Oracle database running on a Sun … Continue reading →

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Google and OpenSolaris

Posted on 21 September 2006 by Rick Mason

ComputerWorld is reporting that Google is looking into OpenSolaris to replace Linux as the server operating system that forms the backbone of the search engine. This could get interesting; I have been wondering how broad the use of OpenSolaris would … Continue reading →

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