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Java Desktop System Rivals XP, OSX in Usability
protohiro1 writes "In this glowing review Chris Gulker calls Sun's Java Desktop System 'the most polished and real-world user-ready Linux desktop in existence.' Well, I'm sold. Will this finally sell the PHBs on a linux corporate desktop?" Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.
Java, eh? Perfect! I don't have to spill coffee on my computer anymore, it's built-in now!
"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
Funny how the article on Slashdot has an ad for Microsoft and when reading the linked article, I get an ad for an MS product too.
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Um... that's kind of like saying blows the doors off a 386-SX25.
I wonder if it was a good idea for someone to leave their buddy list open while taking a screenshot? They could be aliases, but still...
"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
Damn, the link is broken again! I keep clicking on the link you posted and nothing happened!
Argh! Just now I was trying to download the JRE, but for some reason all their servers were busy, something I haven't seen before... and then I see this. YOU people are the reason, aren't you?! /.ings are all well and good until they get in the way of my personal convenience, so move along! Nothing to see here!
I was searching for the correct description of this article, you have provided it, thank you!
Note to slashdot editors: how about a special icon representing "spooge"? And can we vote stories into the "spooge" category? That'd be uncomplainingly spoogy cool!!
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Enlarged? I'd probably think it was enlarged if I was browsing using my phone. Just how small does something have to be for it to enlarge to that size?
Oh, wait.. we're geeks. Small is good... remember the mantra, small is good... it's how you use it that counts.. ;-)
"My documents" ? "Network places" ? "My Computer" ? the taskbar ? the start button ? Either Microsoft got it right and we should all admit it or we should stop copying Microsoft because it sucks (what a dichotomy for Microsoft haters, such as Sun!!! from one side they are against Microsoft, from the other they copy Microsoft!!!)
By the way, Java is free. Why the Java Desktop is not free ? this is Linux, for Christ's sake.
From the site:
Pricing
Q. How much does Java Desktop System sell for?
A.There are two available pricing options for Java Desktop System:
$100 / desktop / year. An OEM volume tier pricing schedule is also available.
$50 / employee / year for Sun Java Enterprise System customers.
So.. explain why anyone should spend silly amounts of money replacing the existing Windows and OSX machines just to have the honour of renting an OS which does almost exactly the same thing from Sun?
Any desktop which requires the user to use more than one mouse button obviously can't be all that great. ;-)
heh, yeah, and check out the "Company Structure" slide. No wonder Sun is going downhill faster then a brick dropping from a plane......
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
That's really frightening.
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Was the article written by George Bush?
That man tried to kill mah Daddy
Yep, because if there's one thing someone like Jordan Hubbard couldn't manage, it's writing BSD userland code.
(extended eyeroll)The technical underpinning of this particular train of thought is that in Windows, playing with the setup of the machine will most likely fsck up your machine. In linux, the worst that can happen is that your colourscheme turns green and purple.
Meh, I wish =(
And in other news, the Ford Focus now rivals the Chev Cavalier for speed.
Next reporter, please...
Schrodinger's cat is either dead or really pissed off...