Star Sun's Java Desktop System 2 is No Improvement
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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by Raptor on Wed 2nd Jun 2004 06:42 UTC

I just do not do proprietary OSes that require proprietary hardware to run.

Then you shouldn't run any hardware at all. AMD and Intel cpus are proprietary to thier respective companies too.

Most bugs are fairly shallow and become readily apparent within 2 weeks of intensive testing.

Spoken like a person with no experience that just read Catherdral and the Bazaar and took ESRs statements way out of context. You mean to say most shallow bugs become apparent in the first 2 weeks of intense testing, right?

Even that statement is hard to swallow if you have really tested any OS on a box for productizations.