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1. Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2017 19:56:05 UTC Hallå Kitteh
   > We had joy, we had fun
   > We ran Unix on a Sun,
   > But the source and the song
   > Of Solaris have all gone
   
   https://twitter.com/emtiu/status/807117424957030400
   
   > For those unaware, Oracle laid off ~ all Solaris tech staff yesterday in a classic silent EOL of the product.
   
   https://twitter.com/webmink/status/904081073256243201
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   • tekk (tekk@social.tekk.in)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2017 20:01:16 UTC tekk

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     @clacke Reminder that even though big S Solaris is dead, the OS lives on since Oracle killed OpenSolaris: http://openindiana.org/
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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2017 20:03:21 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     • tekk
     @tekk Oh, for sure! And this non-announcement only makes that project more important for those who need the unique features it offers.
     
     I guess it's mainly Joyent, with Cantrill and friends driving Illumos and OpenIndiana?