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Sun Wants to Make Linux 3D

gruenz writes "Linux Planet writes in this article about a project inside Sun developing "an experimental 3D successor to Java Desktop that they believe will change the way we interact with computers." A demo is available from Sun. 'In the demonstration, Jonathan Schwartz, vice president of Sun's software group, increases the transparency of a window so that you can see through it, turns a window on its side so that it sits at the edge of a screen like a book on a book shelf, turns a window completely around and leaves a note on the back, and takes a database of CDs presented as physical CDs, that you flip through, reading the labels, just as you would with real CDs, until you locate the one you want.'" It's called Looking Glass, in case you've heard that name before.

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  1. first post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post?!

  2. Re:Eye candy is nice :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Including being the first sitting president to be called to testify in his own defense before a grand jury, and being only the second president (iirc) to ever be impeached. Hooray for Bill!

  3. VP of Sun's software group... by Brando_Calrisean · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ah, I see his Schwartz is bigger than mine...

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  4. Re:Eye candy is nice :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Big deal. Dubya let half of Manhattan get blown up cause he was in a pissing contest with Saddam.