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Sun Java Desktop 2 Review
Anon. writes "Linux.com is carrying a pretty damning review of Sun Java Desktop System version 2. JDS seemed to have issues with almost each and every machine the author tested it on, support was quite bad - and to top it all, the software comes with a seven page license document. Something seems to be terribly wrong somewhere - otherwise why would Sun decide to ship JDS with kernel 2.4.19 at this stage?" (Slashdot and Linux.com are both part of OSDN.)
Wow, they really shortened it.
Paper documentation would be nice. How are you supposed to read PDF files on a CD if you can't even get the system working?
Maybe they have to say in the box to use any Windows PC to read the manual before install.
Why are you not asking a similar question of Debian???
Haha, thats hillarious. Mmmmmmm, Sun is baaad.. Mmmmkay?
I don't know... kids today...
Stick Men
Works fine for me. No pr
"he complains about how he couldn't intall it on his hot-rodded PC"
or his normal PC
or his bare-bones PC
or his laptop...
Why it's better than stable, it's Ultra-Stable (tm)!
From the brochure:
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Thats simple. Thats the version of Linux kernel they have licensed from SCO.
On a slightly differeny note I do really get tired of all the Sun bashing that goes on.
Oh come on. Being nothing more than a pioneering and innovative open systems company with decades of experience, if Sun refuses to listen to the wise suggestions of thousands of open source zealots, many of whom have at least a year or two of software experience, what can it expect?
How is it useless? If the only reviews I read of JDS2 were "wow its awesome on my P2/333 box d00d" and then I bought it for my systems and it didn't work, then I'd feel that review was a failure.
If you read the review carefully, I didn't blast Sun on anything except licensing, support, and the poor decision that led to the old kernel. The included software, the new utilities and the customized UI I thought were great... but useless to me because my hardware isn't supported.
It's not a very flattering review of the product, but at least it is honest. I shouldn't have to go hunting for a computer that will work with the software. The review reflects my experiences which could very well be your experiences too if you have similar systems.
-Jem
and I may dislike java
I think we picked that up.
but I'm a huge fan for common sense.
I'm also a fan of tennis... just not very good at it myself. I think there is a parallel here.
To imply Linux is dying because doesn't have the market share for residential OSs, is as ridiculous as your logic.
To imply that a language (Java) is dying when it has the largest market share, and is the most in-demand language in the world, is a strange and unusual definition of the term 'dying'.
Java is dead. Sun is grasping for air with this one.
And IBM, Apple, HP... those sad companies must all be mistaken. GNU Java is obviously a total waste of time as well.
It's slow
About the speed of C++ these days. I'd love to see what fast language you are using?
it's old
Yeah - a full ten years since the first version.
Gosh! We had better give up on C++ and C then... if Java is old, they are senile.
it's not an open language.
Yeah, its such a bad closed idea that IBM, HP, Apple etc. are so foolish to have implemented it.
It was a great idea, and the intentions were good, but Sun fucked it up.
Yeah. It only ended up as one of the main development languages for server software, and got used everywhere from mainframes, applets, app servers, and client applications. Its use as the primary language for the enormous mobile device market (especially games) and its presence on millions of mobile phones is obviously nothing but a minor passing fad. All the colleges teaching Java as a key skill for students must be informed!
Its such a disaster.... and its shocking no-one else has noticed. Good thing you did!
I eagerly await your next few posts:
"Windows - Microsoft's failed idea"
"The web - it may be everwhere but it's doomed"
"Intel - the chip that no-one used."