Oracle and SUN Archive

Why Sun needs to enter the PC market? Let's first examine several companies in the market today:

Taking an intentionally cautious tone, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems executives said Wednesday that the first eight months of their 10-year partnership have yielded small, but significant progress.

Linuxtimes has a fairly detailed review of the Xandros Desktop Management Server up at this link.

"I'm an optimist. I can't help it. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few goblins and ghouls roaming in the shadows that bug me out. So as jack o' lanterns light up across North America this weekend, I'll let you in on a few of the biggest issues that send chills down my spine." Read Schwartz's article.

Early in 2003, Hideya Kawahara, a Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, had an inspiration. Recognizing that desktops had not changed substantially in 20 years, he set out to make them more aesthetically appealing and more powerful.

Sun Microsystems has taken the wraps off a new version of its Java Desktop System (JDS) running on its Solaris OS. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker, which made its JDS Release 2 software available this past weekend, said it has now ported the desktop environment to Solaris running Intel and AMD x86-based servers and workstations.