August 15, 2011 — Joyent, the company behind private cloud software and the Node.js event-driven programming language, has open-sourced its cloud operating system. Called SmartOS and already utilized in Joyent’s public cloud and SmartDataCenter private-cloud software, it will be available via an open-source license much like the Joyent-led Node.js effort is, says Joyent CTO Jason Hoffmann.
Hoffman calls SmartOS the “only modern OS,” and the only new one developed in about a decade. In a conversation with me, he went through the details of SmartOS as well as the changes occurring in IT that merit a new operating system. Read more
