[geeks] Sun JDS screenshots

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Sun Nov 21 16:08:57 CST 2004


On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, velociraptor wrote:

> Dunno if you folks saw that there was a new release of the Sun Java
> Desktop on the 10th.

I've always wondered why they called it the "Java Desktop".  Aside from
the color scheme and the presence of an installed JDK/JRE (is that
really a rarity these days?), there's nothing Java about it.  It's no more
or less Java than Mac OS X or IRIX, for that matter.

Perhaps they're hiding GNOME behind the Java name to convince users that
Java isn't slow?  Oh, wait, that wouldn't work... ;)

-- 
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Elgin, TX        (   cause it was recomended...as I don't care if a program
USA               )  crashes, not interested in finding out why."
                  (                     --Tim, Another Satisfied Gentoo User



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