Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 2nd Jun 2004 03:13 UTC
Sun introduced recently the second version of Java Desktop System (JDS) for a flat fee per employee/per year. We tried it and here is what we found out about:
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JDS is just one in a long string of Sun's software projects that works half-assedly and is brought to market far too early to be worthwhile.
Sun's various projects such as their "firewall" product that didn't work reliably enough to work on a 20 client network more than a few hours at a time (and which didn't support reverse NAT properly) are continued here in the JDS - presold, surely, to clients that will be highly disappointed in what they get from this aging and senile old giant.
And to think I used to be not only a Sun supporter, but a major Sun partner in Canada. Times change, Sun hasn't.