Apparantly, Gael Duval has leaked the first bits of information concerning his Ulteo project to the LXF magazine. "You can't fail to notice that in the screenshot he sent us, Ulteo is running inside a web browser. What's more, the screenshot also shows Duval creating a presentation on the 'Ulteo Connected Desktop'. Ulteo is going to be hosted on Duval's own servers, enabling users to connect to their own desktop from anywhere in the world. [...] The system administration and upgrades will be handled at the server end, as too will application installation. [...] Anyone with a browser will be able to use Ulteo - indeed, Ulteo is going to need a broadband connection to work - as the client will only require Java."
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Member since:2006-02-04
I think you and many of the posts are being a bit harsh. Given the amount of information present about Ulteo, I suggest that it is best to reserver judgement until the product is available for evaluation.
I haven't read the article in LXF magazine that Béranger is commenting on but after reading Duval's response and Béranger's reply, I think I'll take Béranger's opinion on the subject with a grain of salt.
I dislike vaporware as much as anybody but I can wait until Ulteo is released judge it first hand rather than supposition based on a possibly vague article and some screenshots.
Member since:2005-07-12
"I call this an immitation of an OS based on a bloated technology that is Java. Java sucks, it is heavy too."
Pure flame bait.
No denying you've had some bad experiences with Java in the browser.
However, I've never had problems with Java in the browser. Also, I've had great luck with a lot of Java desktop apps - NetBeans, Eclipse, JAlbum, RSSOwl, Azureus, Limewire, JEdit, JDiskReport.
People's perception of Java being slow and bloated comes mostly from older AWT/Swing implementations, when, indeed, those GUI libraries were slow, bloated, and ugly. However, they've improved immensely, in terms of both speed and appearance.
So, Joe User, you're statement that "Java Sucks", is pure, anadulterated flame bait.
Now, running a web based OS, via a browser, sounds rather far-fetched to me. Who wants to have all their files trusted to someone's remote servers?
But, maybe, just maybe, it allows to save your files locally while running the OS/apps remotely (and through the browser). Being that Java is involved, this scenario is most definetely possible.
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2005-06-29
Do you call this an operating system? I call this an immitation of an OS based on a bloated technology that is Java. Java sucks, it is heavy too. I'll pass on that one. So there won't be interaction with hardware, no compilation, no linux. C'mon....I expected better from the founder of Mandriva.