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Java Desktop System reaches version two
News Sun Microsystems plans to release on Tuesday the second version of its Java Desktop System, the server maker's version of Linux for desktop computers, augmenting the software with new management and programming tools.
[June 1, 2004, 9:15]
Java Desktop System reaches version two
Talkback SDJ2 seems to be a big improvement over its predessor. Installation is more trouble free and it runs noticably faster on my PIII 600 laptop. I upgraded last week but found it was more satisfactory to do a clean install so that glitches were not...
[June 1, 2004, 13:36]
Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software
News Sun Microsystems has quietly released a version of its Java Desktop System software based on Solaris, a new step in the company's plan to try to transfer some of Linux's glory to its own operating system.
[October 14, 2004, 9:05]
Sun puts the pressure on Windows with $25 Java Desktop
News Sun is hoping to increase the penetration of Linux on the enterprise desktop by slashing the price of its Java Desktop System, which is designed to replace Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office suite.
[December 4, 2003, 11:15]
Sun's Chinese deal 'shuts out Microsoft'
News Sun is aiming for "hundreds of millions" of desktops in China to be running Linux on its Java Desktop System as a result of its recent deal with the Chinese government -- but admits it won't make much money from it all.
[December 4, 2003, 10:35]
NHS starts desktop Linux tests
News The health service will evaluate Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System package, which includes the SUSE Linux operating system, a browser, StarOffice and Ximian email. NHS director general of IT Richard Granger, said in a statement: "Our evaluation...
[December 8, 2003, 9:20]
Using Java DB in Desktop Applications
White Papers Desktop applications can now access powerful database storage with triggers, stored procedures, and support for SQL, Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) software, and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, formerly referred to as J2EE), all...
[September 27, 2006, 1:00]
Major bank will deploy Sun's Java desktop
News Sun has finally received the seal of approval it has been seeking from a large private sector client following the announcement on Tuesday that Allied Irish Bank (AIB) is migrating 7,500 users to the Java Desktop System (JDS).
[June 29, 2004, 13:40]
Sun takes on corporate buyers
News The second, code-named Mad Hatter and now called Java Desktop System, is for running Linux, an office suite and other programs for desktop computers. The Java Desktop System will save "well over 75 percent" compared with Microsoft, she promised.
[September 16, 2003, 14:40]
StarOffice enters Solaris orbit
News Later this year, it plans to release a Solaris edition of its Java Desktop System. Java Desktop System is the company's subscription-based software bundle intended to serve as a low-cost alternative to running Windows PCs.
[February 5, 2004, 8:45]
Sun eases conversion to StarOffice
News Sun will also introduce by summer new tools to remotely manage computers on corporate networks running StarOffice and other programs that are part of Sun's Java Desktop System, Schwartz said. The new remote management tools will be included with...
[March 17, 2004, 10:05]
Sun sets out expanded Linux range
News The other important component to Sun's Linux software strategy is its Java Desktop System, which was introduced in December. The Java Desktop System, which Sun is selling for $100 per employee or $50 per employee for Java Enterprise System...
[January 21, 2004, 9:15]
Wal-Mart starts selling Sun's Linux PCs
News But it's not just a Linux strategy: the company's Linux-based Java Desktop System software product in the future will also be available with the company's Solaris version of the Unix operating system.
[March 31, 2004, 9:45]
Sun announces desktop Linux deal, Opteron integration
News CSSC), a consortium of companies supported by the Chinese government, will use Sun's Linux desktop software, called the Java Desktop System. We're going to immediately roll out the Java Desktop System to between a half million and a million...
[November 18, 2003, 9:30]
Sun middleware embraces rival operating systems
News Additionally Sun is looking to expand the reach of its Java Desktop Sun on Wednesday is expected to announce that its Java Enterprise Java 2 Platform Standard Edition to run Java applications. Linux desktop play
[October 26, 2005, 9:20]
Sun shines on Jxta
News In the next year or two, Sun will incorporate aspects of Jxta in its Java Desktop System, a set of open-source desktop applications based on Linux, and in its Java Enterprise System Java server software bundle, she said.
[January 29, 2004, 11:50]
Sun bases prices on countries' populations
News Sun will sell its Java Enterprise System server software and its Java Desktop System for personal computers using three pricing tiers based on the United Nations' definitions of countries as "developed," "developing" and "least developed...
[March 3, 2004, 8:45]
Warp 4 to ship in October
News The company said today that the ability to run Java app-lets could create a whole new software base for the operating system and claimed that it is perfectly positioned for the new model of network computing.
[September 26, 1996, 10:56]
Sun's low-cost strategy prompts free Java release
News Sun said on Thursday that it plans to release the Java Desktop System, a suite of software based on open-source code, at a company conference in Berlin beginning 3 December. In September, Sun announced the Java Desktop System's price of $100 per...
[November 14, 2003, 10:45]
2004: The year of desktop Linux?
News Sun Microsystems recently introduced a low-cost Linux-based desktop operating system aimed at corporations, called Java Desktop System (JDS). In December, Sun announced a deal under which the China Standard Software (CSSC), a consortium of...
[December 22, 2003, 15:20]
