The specific mention of open source developers makes me think "more open source software that works on Solaris" might be part of it. Doubt it'll help much, but

The specific mention of open source developers makes me think "more open source software that works on Solaris" might be part of it. Doubt it'll help much, but it might move the needle from "they still make Solaris?" to a "guess I'll make sure it at least builds" sort of state.