Oracle Will Make Changes in Solaris and Java

Oracle is expected to change the Solaris operating system it acquired from Sun Microsystems from free and open source to a licensed product. While OpenSolaris may remain open source, Oracle could make some components proprietary and erode developer support. Sun's Java will be vital to Oracle, but could evolve in new ways.

The future for Sun Microsystems' Solaris operating system and Java programming language are beginning to crystallize at Oracle, which completed its acquisition of Sun earlier this year. Among other things, Solaris is expected to morph from a formerly free and totally open-source product to one that requires the purchase of a license after an initial 90-day trial, according to media reports.

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