Toshiba to OEM laptops with OpenSolaris pre-installed

Posted by sakgarg on Dec 20, 2008 1:46 AM EDT
OStatic; By Samuel Dean
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Toshiba will OEM their laptop line with OpenSolaris beginning in early 2009. This is a big win for OpenSolaris, and big win for Open Source, given the increasing number of Linux devices coming online next year.

Slowly but surely, major laptop vendors are taking to the idea of shipping systems with pre-loaded open source operating systems. The latest case in point is Toshiba--one of the longest-standing players in the market for portable computers--and its new plan to pre-install Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris on its laptops. The machines are supposed to ship in early 2009.

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