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Sun unveils Solaris 9

Beta OS released to testers...

By Sonya Rabbitte on 3 October 2001 15:40

NEWS Sun has released version nine of its Unix operating system Solaris for beta testing. The beta version is available on Sun's UltraSparc chips and 32-bit Intel chips and is unveiled just weeks before the 25 October launch of Micosoft's XP operating system. Sun claims the new version offers several improvements on Solaris 8 including live upgrades to unused parts of a storage system, improved ability to control the distribution of CPU power between software processes and the ability to write audio and data CDs. Solaris 9 is due for release in 2002, but is available for download now to developers registered with Sun's early access program.

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