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Sun Java Desktop 2 Review

Posted by timothy on from the then-say-it-to-me dept.

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.)

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  1. Seven page license document? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, they really shortened it.

  2. Disclosure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. Re:I can understand the problems but... by Decaff · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?