Update: https://davekoelmeyer.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/what-is-illumos-and-more-on-bryan-cantrill/

Spied over at OpenSolaris forums as posted by Garrett D’Amore…

“A number of the community leaders from the OpenSolaris community have been working quietly together on a new effort called Illumos, and we’re just about ready to fully disclose our work to, and invite the general
participation of, the general public.”

Now this is intriguing….

http://www.illumos.org/