| 32 bit apps under solaris are limited to only 255
| file descriptors.
there appears to be a fix in opensolaris and solaris 11
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=1085341
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2006042001/
back ports to solaris 9+10 appear to be "coming soon"