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Indonesia Adopts Java Desktop System on Linux
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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Well since their opening everything, why not try opening a few more body board bags! Its just like opening this on a closed source system, you'll never know what you'll find.
"I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google"
centralized control of any technological system promotes inherent inequality.
the best example is soviet heating systems, mammoth gargantua that stretched across cities, and left thousands freezing in the middle of the russian winter.
the PC revolution was a revolution of decentralization. the internet revolution was the same thing. both revolutions have been misunderstood or ignored by unix zealots, obsessed with efficiency, control, and maintaining the status quo between 'experts' and 'lusers'.
the indonesian, and any other government established computer system, is doomed to failure in the face of decentralized citizen adopted technology.
microsoft desktop division has always understood this. microsoft server division doesnt, and it will fail as it tries to compete with commodity solutions from other vendors. however, microsofts server division, in that it can serve the needs of small offices who want to decentralize and simplify their servers, will succeed.
unix will not succeed at any of this, because its philosophy is based on centralized top-down control, and in the paternalistic view that users are stupid, evil, and need to be protected from themselves.
the next revolution is wiki, or user-managed content systems.
unix will be left behind on this front too, for its products are all difficult to use, and view advancement in ease of use as an enemy.
Maybe its just me and a few others out there but I'm still not a fan of Java. Everytime 'java_vm' gets loaded on my computer(s) it seens to lag it to hell and back. For example: I was using the the 'Upload Applet' in the rather nice Gallery2 web pages. The use of the applet is nice, I uploaded 677 images into one album but after posting several images into all sorts of albums, it would just stop uploading. I had to close firefox and kill off all the running java_vm processes. Then I could open firefox and post more images.
My co-worker has similar problems with java as well. So I know its not just my computer. Anywho thats my 2 cents.
If France really hates us
Look, this may come as a bit of a shock, but France nor the French people really hate the US (The "us" I assume you are refering to). The British don't hate the French, the French do not hate the Americans, the Americans do not hate the Germans.
Disliking another countries politics and political leaders is a far cry from hating a country, and it certainly is not hating the people of that country.
Please stop believing everything the media lies about and please stop joining the mass hysteria that large groups of people seem to enjoy engaging in.
coNtributed code With THOUSANDS of
But what about my T-80s and Javelins? If I'm stuck learning a new damn environment, who will satchel-charge the incoming Strykers for me?
One of the 187.