Why use the OpenSolaris OS you ask? It's pretty simple, you'll find it full of unique features like the TimeSlider, ZFS as the default filesystem, enhanced Image Packaging System (IPS), COMSTAR, DTrace enabled packages for extreme observability and performance tuning, D-Light, and many more. OpenSolaris provides the ideal open source platform to develop your next generation applications and when you are ready to deploy, it has the world record performance you want and the reliability you need, all backed by world class support from Sun.

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OpenSolaris 2008.11

Sun and the OpenSolaris community announces the immediate availability of OpenSolaris 2008.11.

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