Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 2nd Jun 2004 03:13 UTC
SUN Microsystems 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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what waste?
by timh-rack64 on Wed 2nd Jun 2004 03:44 UTC

whats the waste? if a company with 2 employees puts out puts a bunch of software together and sells it as a linux distro why can't a multi-billion dollar company?

I do agree that JDS on Solaris woudl be better... Solaris just lacks the drivers that linux has for the desktop.. and then youd get a million articles telling you why JDS on Solaris sucks because it wont work with this and what and this and that...

they could always lock it to SPARC and x86 PCs if they ever decide to enter the PC market like all their competetors are doing..