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suselinux:
except for the brand name what makes the sun java desktop any different or better than say... Mandrake with Gnome and Java2?

I am a little upset that Sun isn't calling it Linux, but instead by the name Java Desktop you would guess that it was an OS based on Java.  So they are going to reap the rewards of Linux without really helping to spread the name.

But I am happy to see that it is being targeted at MS, and not the smaller market held by real linux distros

If only the common man knew that that this Sun Java Desktop was just RedHat 9 made uglier and rather stripped down.

suselinux:
SuSELinux your an idiot!

Sun Java Desktop isn't based on REDHAT 9 it's based on SuSELinux

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 Sun Microsystems on Tuesday renamed its open-source desktop bundle, which once went by the code name 'Mad Hatter' and announced it would price the collection of productivity applications and desktop software at $100 per user.

Now carrying the moniker Sun Java Desktop System, the SuSE-powered system includes the GNOME desktop environment, Sun's own StarOffice 7 application suite, the Mozilla Web browser, and other open-source utilities, including media players from RealNetworks and Macromedia.

Java Desktop System is priced at $100 per user annually, although customers who purchase it as an add-on to Sun Java Enterprise System (formerly known as 'Project Orion') can pick it up for $50 per worker per year.

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Refalm:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1208&e=1&u=/cmp/20030917/tc_cmp/14800087&sid=95573650 and http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60462,00.html/wn_ascii

[ September 17, 2003: Message edited by: Refalm ]

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