At least two members of the board have even used the divisive "F" word, saying that they would be open to forking the code base from the Oracle version.

The latest of OpenSolaris OS, version 2010.03, was to be released on March 26. As of almost a month later, it has yet to appear. And OGB, by OpenSolaris users, can't get information from Oracle as to when it will be released.

"It is sad to watch people asking about some OpenSolaris ... release called 2010.03 when we are well

into April now," board member Dennis Clarke.

While the volunteer- OGB organizes efforts to develop code for OpenSolaris distributions,