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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: BouncingAyatollah on 8 December 2003, 20:29

Title: UK Govt. back Sun Java Desktop
Post by: BouncingAyatollah on 8 December 2003, 20:29

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1405988,00.asp (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1405988,00.asp)

"Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday will announce a strategic five-year agreement with the United Kingdom's Office of Government Commerce to establish the Java Enterprise System and the Java Desktop System as the underlying infrastructure and desktop solutions for the public sector."

Title: UK Govt. back Sun Java Desktop
Post by: suselinux on 9 December 2003, 10:27

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Originally posted by BouncingAyatollah:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1405988,00.asp (http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1405988,00.asp)

"Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday will announce a strategic five-year agreement with the United Kingdom's Office of Government Commerce to establish the Java Enterprise System and the Java Desktop System as the underlying infrastructure and desktop solutions for the public sector."

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Eat it Bill, eat it!

Title: UK Govt. back Sun Java Desktop
Post by: WMD on 10 December 2003, 01:06

\o/

Title: UK Govt. back Sun Java Desktop
Post by: Refalm on 10 December 2003, 01:15

Looks pretty cool, and it got StarOffice (duh...) and Gaim. It's user friendly enough, certainly for the workplace (they could have gone rid of Gaim though, that's just distraction  (http://redface.gif) ).

Screenshot (http://wwws.sun.com/software/images/products/I1_mercury_lg.jpg).