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GNOME 2 to Replace CDE As Solaris Default DE

Posted by timothy on from the hey-where-are-all-the-mourners dept.

Gentu writes "OSNews had a quick chat with John Fowler, Sun Software's CTO about Solaris 10, Java, the web services competition and more. In the interview, Fowler reveals the timing in which Gnome2 will become the default desktop environment: Solaris 10, which is expected to have its first beta later in 2003. This is a huge step for Gnome2 in the UNIX world, as it will be replacing CDE for good as the default desktop environment (betas of Gnome 2 for Solaris 8/9 already exist) and becoming a standard part of the large operating environment with millions of installations worldwide. Additionally, Sun is now pushing developers on coding on either GTK+ 2.x or Java (they have in fact revealed plans on creating GTK+ bindings for Java which will make all future Solaris apps look like alike)."

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  1. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    by the way, Mozilla 1.2.1 is out now, as of about ten minutes ago.

  2. [OT] Cool! by msobkow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's only taken five years for me to fluke a legitimate "first post". *g*

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    I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
  3. He didn't get rich from Paypal by iwearnosox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Musk didn't found paypal, his failure x.com (banking services, etc) absorbed it in 2000. It was the only saving grace for a company that plowed through millions of dollar of venture capital with little to show. Zip2 had quite a bit to do with his wealth, though. My friend went over to Musk's house to sit in his $1,000,000 Mclaren F1. Now that's a waste of $!