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 +NOTE: This page is a google translation of an old wikipedia page. It is old, outdated, and missing lots of information. Eventually, it should be a general "​about"​ page for BlueOnyx, showing the history of how we got to the community we are all part of today. Please feel free to update/​contribute to this page.
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 +The original non-english source for this page is located at http://​de.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​BlueQuartz
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 ====== BlueOnyx ====== ====== BlueOnyx ======
 BlueOnyx is an open source User Interface for virtual Webservers. BlueOnyx is built on top of the free CentOS or ScientificLinux operating system, which is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. BlueOnyx is an open source User Interface for virtual Webservers. BlueOnyx is built on top of the free CentOS or ScientificLinux operating system, which is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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 ==== Sun Cobalt ==== ==== Sun Cobalt ====
-After Sun purchased Cobalt Networks Inc. for two billion dollars (( press release: [{http://www.pressetext.com/pte.mc?​pte=000919053|Sun purchase of Cobalt networks ])), development of the former cobalt Networks server products almost came to a complete standstill. ​+After Sun purchased Cobalt Networks Inc. for two billion dollars (( Sun: [[https://​web.archive.org/​web/​20070222051020/​http://www.sun.com/smi/​Press/​sunflash/​2000-09/​sunflash.20000919.2.xml|Sun purchase of Cobalt networks ​]])), development of the former cobalt Networks server products almost came to a complete standstill. ​
  
-Despite statistics (( Netcraft: [[http://​news.netcraft.com/​archives/​2004/​06/​24/​cobalt_shows_gains_after_source_is_opened.html|Cobalt Shows Gains After Source is Opened]] )) that indicate over 3 million hostnames were hosted on cobalt servers in August 2002, Sun announced end of sale of cobalt RAQ and Qube in 2003 (( theregister:. [[http:// www.theregister.co.uk/​2003/​12/​18/​sun_drives_the_final_nail/​|Sun drives the final nail in Cobalt'​s coffin]] ))+Despite statistics (( Netcraft: [[http://​news.netcraft.com/​archives/​2004/​06/​24/​cobalt_shows_gains_after_source_is_opened.html|Cobalt Shows Gains After Source is Opened]] )) that indicate over 3 million hostnames were hosted on cobalt servers in August 2002, Sun announced end of sale of cobalt RAQ and Qube in 2003 (( TheRegister:. [[http:// www.theregister.co.uk/​2003/​12/​18/​sun_drives_the_final_nail/​|Sun drives the final nail in Cobalt'​s coffin]] ))
  
  
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 ==== Commercial interaction during the development of BlueQuartz ==== ==== Commercial interaction during the development of BlueQuartz ====
-In mid-2005 began the project of Project Blue Quartz (Hisao Shibuya) as the lead developer at Turbolinux, Inc. - a Japanese Linux distributor. There they developed on the basis of the published source code for the Sun RaQ550 and from the sources of the Blue Quartz Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0, also called TLAS. TLAS 2.0 was released in March 2006 (( Turbolinux, Inc.:[[Http://​www.turbolinux.com/​cgi-bin/​newsrelease/​index.cgi?​date2=20060222131514&​mode=syosai|press release publication of TLAS 2.0]] ))+In mid-2005 began the project of Project Blue Quartz (Hisao Shibuya) as the lead developer at Turbolinux, Inc. - a Japanese Linux distributor. There they developed on the basis of the published source code for the Sun RaQ550 and from the sources of the Blue Quartz Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0, also called TLAS. TLAS 2.0 was released in March 2006 (( Turbolinux, Inc: [[Http://​www.turbolinux.com/​cgi-bin/​newsrelease/​index.cgi?​date2=20060222131514&​mode=syosai|press release publication of TLAS 2.0]] ))
  
-Just as BlueQuartz had accelerated the development of TLAS, also an information flow in the reverse direction took place. Improvements to the commercial TLAS also found in the source code of Blue Quartz collection. This eventually drew a conflict of interest from, because the available free BlueQuartz was also fully developed and offered a similar functionality as the about 950 U.S. dollar TLAS 2.0 (( Turbolinux, Inc.. [[Http://​www.turbolinux.com|/ products / server / tlas /  product ​page of TLAS 2.0]] )) +Just as BlueQuartz had accelerated the development of TLAS, also an information flow in the reverse direction took place. Improvements to the commercial TLAS also found in the source code of Blue Quartz collection. This eventually drew a conflict of interest from, because the available free BlueQuartz was also fully developed and offered a similar functionality as the about 950 U.S. dollar TLAS 2.0 (( Turbolinux, Inc[[Http://​www.turbolinux.com| ​Product ​page of TLAS]] )) 
-Dissemination of BlueQuartz ​==== ==== + 
 +==== Dissemination of BlueQuartz ​====
 First BlueQuartz has occurred mostly among former operators of RaQ550 servers spread - especially when it came to replace outdated Sun Cobalt hardware with new ones. However, over the time also met new users to that had been used no RaQ550 server. According to statistics <- evaluation of server log files of the central YUM repositories of BlueQuartz.org April 2008 -.> (04/2008) of Project Blue Quartz run more than 135,000 Web servers worldwide with Blue Quartz (the numbers were counting Update operations collected and that may be representative). First BlueQuartz has occurred mostly among former operators of RaQ550 servers spread - especially when it came to replace outdated Sun Cobalt hardware with new ones. However, over the time also met new users to that had been used no RaQ550 server. According to statistics <- evaluation of server log files of the central YUM repositories of BlueQuartz.org April 2008 -.> (04/2008) of Project Blue Quartz run more than 135,000 Web servers worldwide with Blue Quartz (the numbers were counting Update operations collected and that may be representative).
-The developers ​==== ==== + 
 +==== The developers ​====
 The original Blue Quartz developers <ref> BlueQuartz: [http://​bluequartz.org/​aboutus.html The Team] </ ref> Hisao Shibuya, Yutaka Yasuda and Makoto Oda end of 2006 joined Brian N. Smith of NuOnce Networks, Inc. and Michael Stauber from solar speed Ltd.. which will both offered since 2000 add-on software and services for Sun Cobalt server and its successor systems. The team by Taco Scargo, a former Sun Cobalt employees was further strengthened. The original Blue Quartz developers <ref> BlueQuartz: [http://​bluequartz.org/​aboutus.html The Team] </ ref> Hisao Shibuya, Yutaka Yasuda and Makoto Oda end of 2006 joined Brian N. Smith of NuOnce Networks, Inc. and Michael Stauber from solar speed Ltd.. which will both offered since 2000 add-on software and services for Sun Cobalt server and its successor systems. The team by Taco Scargo, a former Sun Cobalt employees was further strengthened.
 ==== Further development ==== ==== Further development ====
-Although CentOS 5 was published in April 2007, found the part of the project management team BlueQuartz no serious efforts instead (( [[BlueOnyx]]: [http://​www.blueonyx.it/​index.php?​mact=News,​cntnt01,​detail,​0&​cntnt01articleid=10&​cntnt01returnid=54|BlueQuartz on CentOS 5]])), BlueQuartz CentOS CentOS 4 according to port 5. Separate single developer advances in this direction found no support and little support (( BlueOnyx: [http://​www.blueonyx.it/​index.php?​mact=News,​cntnt01,​detail,​0&​cntnt01articleid=13&​cntnt01returnid=54|Split the development teams] ))+Although CentOS 5 was published in April 2007, found the part of the project management team BlueQuartz no serious efforts instead (( BlueOnyx: ​[[http://​www.blueonyx.it/​index.php?​mact=News,​cntnt01,​detail,​0&​cntnt01articleid=10&​cntnt01returnid=54|BlueQuartz on CentOS 5]])), BlueQuartz CentOS CentOS 4 according to port 5. Separate single developer advances in this direction found no support and little support (( BlueOnyx: ​[[http://​www.blueonyx.it/​index.php?​mact=News,​cntnt01,​detail,​0&​cntnt01articleid=13&​cntnt01returnid=54|Split the development teams]] ))
  
 Then split (( BlueOnyx: [[http://​www.blueonyx.it/​index.php?​page=development|The Team]] )) the development team of Blue Quartz and under new line was an offshoot of the code - developed on CentOS 5 Base - under the name [[BlueOnyx|http://​www.blueonyx.it]]. BlueOnyx includes many new features and was released on 31 December 2008 (( BlueOnyx: [[Http://​www.bluequartz.us/​phpBB2/​viewtopic.php?​t=75392|notice of BlueOnyx]] )) Then split (( BlueOnyx: [[http://​www.blueonyx.it/​index.php?​page=development|The Team]] )) the development team of Blue Quartz and under new line was an offshoot of the code - developed on CentOS 5 Base - under the name [[BlueOnyx|http://​www.blueonyx.it]]. BlueOnyx includes many new features and was released on 31 December 2008 (( BlueOnyx: [[Http://​www.bluequartz.us/​phpBB2/​viewtopic.php?​t=75392|notice of BlueOnyx]] ))
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 ==== Sausalito ==== ==== Sausalito ====
-Developed by Cobalt Networks Inc. architecture called Sausalito. Essentially,​ Sausalito is modular and functions can be retrofitted via modules (eg third party) (( Solar Speed ​​Ltd: [[Http://​data.smd.net/​cobalt.docs/​SSDK.pdf|Sausalito Developer'​s Guide (PDF)]])) (( speed solar Ltd: [[http://​data.smd.net/​cobalt.docs/​DevGuide.pdf|The Qube 3 software Architecture Developer'​s Guide (PDF)]] ))+Developed by Cobalt Networks Inc. architecture called Sausalito. Essentially,​ Sausalito is modular and functions can be retrofitted via modules (eg third party) (( Solar Speed ​​Ltd: [[Http://​data.smd.net/​cobalt.docs/​SSDK.pdf|Sausalito Developer'​s Guide (PDF)]])) (( Solar Speed Ltd: [[http://​data.smd.net/​cobalt.docs/​DevGuide.pdf|The Qube 3 software Architecture Developer'​s Guide (PDF)]] ))
  
  
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 After the release of the source code of the Qube 3 and the RaQ550 efforts were made from different companies and groups to build a similar solution based on this code. Not all were successful. After the release of the source code of the Qube 3 and the RaQ550 efforts were made from different companies and groups to build a similar solution based on this code. Not all were successful.
 ==== Active ==== ==== Active ====
-  * BlueOnyx ​development ​of BlueQuartz ​+  * BlueOnyx, successor ​of BlueQuartz ​and the RaQ550
   * Aventurine {e} Linux virtualization solution based on BlueQuartz. ​   * Aventurine {e} Linux virtualization solution based on BlueQuartz. ​
 +==== Inactive/​Discontinued ====
 +  * BlueQuartz
 +  * Renamed argon TLAS 2.0 pre-installed on Hardware. ​
 +  * Efinity F-560 RaQ to the FreeBSD base. 
 +  * RaQDevil RaQ to the FreeBSD base.
   * Strongbolt Linux BlueQuartz + CentOS distribution for installation on original Sun Cobalt hardware. ​   * Strongbolt Linux BlueQuartz + CentOS distribution for installation on original Sun Cobalt hardware. ​
   * Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0 RaQ on Turbo Linux. ​   * Turbolinux Appliance Server 2.0 RaQ on Turbo Linux. ​
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   * ClassCat Cute Server Appliance / ClassCat, Inc. Japanese, based on the RaQ550 code.    * ClassCat Cute Server Appliance / ClassCat, Inc. Japanese, based on the RaQ550 code. 
   * [[NetBSD]] on Cobalt servers, English, completely independent of the Linux project.   * [[NetBSD]] on Cobalt servers, English, completely independent of the Linux project.
-==== Submitted ==== 
-  * Renamed argon TLAS 2.0 pre-installed on Hardware. ​ 
-  * Efinity F-560 RaQ to the FreeBSD base.  
-  * RaQDevil RaQ to the FreeBSD base. 
 ===== Weblinks ===== ===== Weblinks =====
   * [http://​www.bluequartz.org/​ Bluequartz-Website] (englisch)   * [http://​www.bluequartz.org/​ Bluequartz-Website] (englisch)
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