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Indonesia Adopts Java Desktop System on Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the it's-nice-when-a-country-and-an-os-can-get-together dept.

UltimaGuy wrote to mention a DesktopLinux.com article discussing Indonesia's adoption of a Java Desktop System on Linux as a national OS. From the article: "This desktop software will be a major component of the new Indonesia Goes Open Source (IGOS) program that aims to help eliminate the "digital divide in the world's largest archipelago," the ministry and Sun Microsystems said in a joint announcement. The ministry said it will develop its own IGOS-branded software stack using JDS on Linux as the base platform. The agreement with Sun -- for an unspecified number of years -- has the goal of installing copies of the open source-based desktop across Indonesia, beginning with its government-affiliated offices, the ministry said."

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  1. Well D'oh by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Java is part of Indonesia :-)

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    1. Re:Well D'oh by BlueTrin · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn you, I nearly spilled out all my "java" on my keyboard reading your post.

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    2. Re:Well D'oh by cornelius1729 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's a funny euphemism for semen...

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  2. Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Whoever modded this "Troll" was evidently indulging in some "one handed browsing" and selected the wrong option during a moment of reduced motor control. Please rectify.

  3. Re:MOD PARENT UP (this is no troll ...) by BlueTrin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah please mod this guy up, by reading his sig,, you know that you can trust |rip/\/\aster /\/\onkey

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  4. Re:so they really adopted by iggymanz · · Score: 2, Funny

    yup, they should call it the C++/ORBit desktop system, 'cause Java sure isn't what's making it go.

    waiter: " 'ow about our gnome, staroffice c++/orbit-corba based java desktop system? that's not got much java in it"

    woman: "but I don't want any java"

    chorus: jav jav jav jav, jav, jav, jav, jav Sunny Java, Unbiquitous java!