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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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).
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).