No it comes from the fact that the PowerPC called their project Polaris.
Being a southern-hemisphere born type I gave it the name of the brightest
star Sirius.

Currently it is z/VM only.

On 10/1/08 9:59 AM, "John Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I dipt my fingers into the flow...
>
> However, one jarring note:  Sirius?
>
> Huh?  Is this an obscure-- or not so obscure-- reference to the
> infamous Sirius Cybernetics Company?
>
> Fortunately, it is hard to "Share and Enjoy" when none of the
> downloads are present...
>
> I wonder if anyone will bundle it with Hercules?  Or is openSolaris
> unable to run on the "bare metal" as yet?

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