MS moved to "Shared Source" sometime ago. It was done in hopes that Linux coders would borrow from MS. So far, it has not happened.

IIRC Microsoft released two or three packages under their Shared Source license, stuff like a new Windows installer based on XML files.

But this has potential to do what MS could not. Solaris is at least respected by the development world. This is simply another trap being laid by Sun and MS against Linux.

Solaris is just another operating system, released under an OSS license. Is *BSD a trap, being laid out by the DoD, just because the DARPA sponsored some parts of the development? It's really surprising, how paranoid people can get...

What is funny is how little ppl seem to remember from just 7 years ago. Sun actually ported to X86 once before AND "opened" their source code. Then when they thought that things were going well, they dropped it. If Sun ever feels like things are going in their favor, it is almost certain that they will do it again.

Bullshit. Sun delayed Solaris 9 x86, when they were already facing financial problems, not during the dotcom aera. And they finally noticed, that Solaris x86 could be much more than a nice-to-have for system administrators and the like.

Right now, they earn more money with x86 systems and Solaris x86 than ever before. And even if they deceide to drop Solaris x86, there's still OpenSolaris.