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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. Informative Link by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Informative


    Here's an overview of the Sun Java Desktop System from sun.com.

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  2. Official Website by karvind · · Score: 5, Informative
    Official Indonesia Go Open Source website. (in english)

    IGOS weblog

    INDONESIA GOES REMOTE SENSING OPEN SOURCE (IGORSOS). Not in english.

    A quick google search also pointed to SUN Microsystem's press release regarding this effort.

  3. Re:Taking bets on when it'll be reversed... by MrWiggum · · Score: 4, Informative

    Now this may not count but I work at Novell and we are transitioning to being an all linux company every one in my department is running NLD or Suse 9.3 Pro. and have been for almost a year. Obviously we are a linux company and you would expect that we used linux for our desktops. But it just goes to show that a large corperation can do it.

  4. Re:Open source?! by benjcurry · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ummm...because Java Desktop System is the name of Sun's Linux distribution. Parent ain't insightful.

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