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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.
Been there... seen this... downloaded the video months ago...
Telcos have alot of dark fibre in the States. Most people assume that's optical fibre...but it's actually moral fibre.
It's a Unix system!
A 3D window manager is a dumb idea. Stop wasting money on it!
ok, now imagine it written entirely in Java....
that statement just made 6 developers here gag and spit coffee...
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
melted core, please sacrifice additional proscessors to continue.
The original generic sig.
Do you want a *real* speed increase?
Even better - change the LILO Setting from default of XP to [insert you're favorite flavor of linux]