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Sun to Build Alternative Desktop ?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-challange-on dept.

murthydn writes " At "Sun Tech Days 2003" Developer Conference in India ,Sun Microsystems Inc Chairman, President and CEO Scott McNealy exhorted Indian software programmers to build Sun's "desktop computer" as an alternative system to Microsoft software architecture .The complete article is here" 'Cuz if there is one thing that will save Sun, its a new desktop platform. *cough*

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  1. Re:Advangates? by Christianfreak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes nothing more innovative than that 1337 Paperclip. Oh I forgot Office is so easy to use that he's out of a job. Like how easy it is to get it to stop putting in numbered lists after you've started one.. and how easy it is to get it to start a new one at "1" if you have another one in the document (even if its 30 pages up). How innovative and awesome the power of Office which always presumes to know what I'm doing and writting. Yes Office is so cool.

    Thanks but I'll use OO even on Windows where Office is availiable. I can't stand Office's autocorrect "features" I like thinking for myself. Finally an office program that stays out of the way.

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  2. Sun is a joke... by realmolo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And they have been for years. Great support, overpriced, dull products. And, worst of all, McNealy himself. The whiniest CEO of all-time. I just don't see what Sun has to offer anyone these days.