Solaris 10, the current release of Sun’s powerful UNIX OS, was released to the public in 2005 for free download and with a host of exciting developments. The latest advances in the computing world are constantly being updated in new versions of Solaris 10 released every few months. Some of the major features of Solaris include Dynamic Tracing to troubleshoot application issues, and the very powerful Zettabyte File System (ZFS).

Sun also set up the OpenSolaris in 2006. During the first year, the OpenSolaris community had expanded to 14,000 members with almost 30 user groups globally, coding on over 30 active projects. Although displaying a deep commitment to open-source ideals, it also provides Sun with thousands of programmers essentially developers for free.

The features of OpenSolaris shows Sun Microsystems’ committment to be on the leading edge of the technology world without losing touch with the current development environment. The OpenSolaris project is the ultimate example of these twin strengths — Sun has leveraged the creative energy of developers around the globe and receives instant feedback about what their installed base needs.