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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RE: This review stinks
by Turkey on Wed 2nd Jun 2004 14:26 UTC

Anonymous: "BTW, I'm writing this from a PC running JDS -- it is actually quite a decent product. It is not quite as shiny as other distro's, but being targetted primarily at the run-of-the-mill desktop in a call center it should do just fine."

Yes, and I've seen other Sun products in call centres: JavaStations. A great way of spending top dollar on dead-end proprietary solutions when bog-standard "no name" PCs could have done the job better and lasted more than the five minutes it took for the JavaStations to become obsolete (and completely unsupported by Sun).