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Mad Hatter Preview - Sun Java Desktop System Demo

Posted by timothy on from the late-entry dept.

bengine writes "According to this article, Sun Java Desktop System is a good product overall, built on the well-established SuSE system with integration from Sun. It delivers what appears to be a very useful desktop OS and it has the chance to make a dent in the Windows monopoly. But Sun will have to differentiate itself on its quality, hardware, services and reputation. That means a lot of hard work, so the key questions will be how well they execute their strategy, how much public acceptance they gain and what message they convey through public venues." This makes a good companion to the earlier story linking to Mad Hatter screenshots.

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  1. Goatse.cx guy is dead!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Jesus Christ! His ass split in half!

  2. WARNING: NPIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    no pictures in article

  3. morons re-release pateNTdead eyecon0meter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the sun has always been known to rise to the occasion?

    now that their motives may have changed from simple greed/fear/ego, to a need to survive, maybe they'll see the light?

    we're sticking to the receNTly released recommendation that warning labels be attached to certain devices/actions.

    computers:

    the fcc has warned that this device may contain softwar nazi kode stolen buy phonIE corepirate nazi felons. use may cause immeasurable embarrassmeNT, & likely bankruptcIE.

    polling booth:

    please be advised that most of the fauxking 'candidates' either have outstanding felonIE/grand larcenIE charges, or are associated with/sponsored buy, those who do.

    stock markup:

    contributions to this pyramid scheme have been proven to be used as a method to reduce your choices, &/or to hold your hardearned resources hostage, prior to stealing them.

    the lights are coming up now. lookout bullow.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creator... that's the spirit, moving you.

  4. I don't see this making much of a dent... by andih8u · · Score: 0, Troll

    If the pricing per seat per year is still $100, I don't see a whole trove of enterprises converting their entire camp over to this product. Especially with all the recent poor press Sun has gotten about being half-dead etcetera, I don't see many IT ppl being able to convince their boss to go with a company that he probably read about in the morning's paper as being about to collapse.

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  5. Java is a decease by axxackall · · Score: 0, Troll
    Sun is placing Java in the front of the distro just as the last agony of the dying company.

    The distro has nothing to do with Java aside it can run JVM. Well, it can run (even often more successfully) other interpreters and compilers too: Python, Perl, Ruby, Lisp, Erlang, Haskell, Schema, ML, Prolog, C, C++, PHP, Ada, and many more.

    But Sun doesn't care about other languages. Sun keeps being blind and see ONLY Java everywhere it goes, in everything it touches. Sun thinks that if it will repeat only Java as a magic word then at some point all world around will ignore everything if it is not Java.

    So sad to see so good in the past company ending up in such a mental illness decease.

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  6. MOD PARENT DOWN - IT'S A TROLL ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    down.