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Criticizing Sun's Java Desktop System

Posted by michael on from the gnu/linuxy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Uh-oh. PJ is not a happy camper. 'Sun has made its choice and opted for The Way Things Used To Be,' she declares in a Linux Viewpoint at LinuxWorld. 'It's a new world, and Sun is not in it,' she declares. Her gripe is with the Java Desktop System, which she argues is grossly cavalier with the GPL and doesn't properly acknowledge its roots. Her main objection: 'You really could get the CD and run it without every knowing it had anything GNU/Linuxy in it or that the GPL provides you with guaranteed freedoms that Sun would like you not to know you have.' Feisty read, as ever, from Groklaw's founder and editor. That Jonesian coinage 'GNU/Linuxy' is worth the read alone!"

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  1. Could it be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Could it be, that I am the very first to make a statement?......others call it a...post?

    1. Re:Could it be? by DosBubba · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You posted a question.

  2. FP by ScrewMaster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe?

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

    can i be the last?

  4. anyonne by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lololl i'm anonymous coward LOL

  5. Sounds fun. by Imidazole · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sounds fun.

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    1. Re:Sounds fun. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mod Parent Down!

      -9 Redundant as all Fucking Hell!

      Die Motherfucker!!!!!

  6. FP? by Xhad · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Free Pizza?

    Flying Penguins?

    Fortran Programming?

    Flux...caPacitor?

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  7. One problem with Java Desktop system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    winword.exe has troubles launching. And no default associatiuons for .wma and .wmv, so I can't visit Yahoo Launch and view D12 videos.

    By the way, D12 has new album out today.

  8. On the fence here... by Chordonblue · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not sure if I should go ahead and purchase the D12 CD or wait for the D13 version. I hear it's got a lot more 'kick'. :P

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  9. You know what I'm curious about? by StarKruzr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why does it seem impossible to find a picture of Pamela Jones anywhere?

    Yes, I know it doesn't matter what she looks like. I don't care that it doesn't matter. I'm still curious, and the image is conspicuous by its absence.

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  10. "GNU" and "Linux" scares everybody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The use of the words GNU and Linux are about as counter productive for sales of a new operating environment as you can get. Hell, "Bob" is better than GNU for quelling novice user fears. And Linux is downright hacker speak. Ask Grandma or Grandpa, ask your non-techy wife if they'd want to run a "Linux" computer. If they've heard of it at all they'll know it's a threat to their thread thin technological selves. And if they haven't heard of it, well, you can just imagine Sister Mary Elephant of SNL fame saying in a painfully nasal voice "Linux, Linux - of course I use Linux - it gets the most dreadful stains out of my sheets..."