Comment by bcantrill

He's actually suggesting SmartOS[1][2] and OmniOS[3], which are both illumos distros that are very much alive, having forked from OpenSolaris over four years ago.[4]

[1] https://smartos.org/

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8571961

[3] http://omnios.omniti.com/

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc