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JDS completes merger, issues sales warning
News Fibre-optic components giant JDS Uniphase completed its $13.5bn (£9.2bn) merger with SDL on Tuesday and then promptly warned that the combined company will miss analysts' sales and earnings targets in the third quarter.
[February 14, 2001, 9:15]
Lenovo deal could open doors for JDS
Talkback I would like to give a short comment on the JDS system. Good work has gone into JDS. In order to evaluate just how it would run 'out of the box' with our current office internet and email systems, we installed it on a test machine.
[December 13, 2004, 6:54]
Lenovo deal could open doors for JDS
Talkback But for non-geeks, I've found that Sun JDS linux currently selling at $50 per desktop, per year, it's a great deal. I only wish Windows emulation (wine) was included as part of the base JDS package. To geeks I recommend SUSE or Fedora.
[December 11, 2004, 4:08]
Lenovo deal could open doors for JDS
Talkback I really hope Lenovo PCs start pre-installing Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) linux. I've been using Sun's JDS Linux R2 for the last 6 months and I'm very happy with it. It certainly is the easiest-to-use Linux that I've used (and I've used SUSE in...
[December 11, 2004, 1:41]
Sun steps back from desktop Linux
News JDS will continue to exist as a product, but now chiefly as software based on Sun's Solaris operating system and directed at programmers, John Loiacono, executive vice-president of software, said at a meeting with reporters in San Francisco at...
[June 29, 2005, 9:30]
Sun wins NHS desktop deal
News Sun Microsystems has landed a deal that will see its Java Desktop System (JDS) software deployed on 5,000 desktop PCs across the UK's National Health Service. The NHS' National Programme for IT has been testing JDS over recent months.
[August 31, 2004, 17:00]
NHS - 5,000 chances for truth in the OS Wars
Leader The National Health Service's National Programme for IT has decided to deploy 5,000 seats of Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System (JDS). Unlike Newham, the JDS deal is real, and the licences have been bought.
[September 1, 2004, 12:00]
UK bank strikes a hard bargain for Sun's Linux
News Sun Microsystems has admitted that an unnamed UK bank has driven a hard bargain in return for deploying its Java Desktop Systems (JDS) product. Getting a major financial institution to ditch Microsoft Windows in favour of JDS is something of a coup...
[April 20, 2004, 13:40]
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 releases Solaris-based desktop software
News The Java Desktop System (JDS) consists of an operating system and higher-level software such as the GNOME user interface, the Mozilla Web browser, the StarOffice competitor to Microsoft Office, RealNetworks' media player -- and of course Sun's...
[October 14, 2004, 9:05]
UK government trials desktop Linux
News Public spending watchdog the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has signed a framework pricing agreement for Sun's Linux-based Java Desktop System (JDS) and a series of trials will begin in the New Year.
[December 10, 2003, 13:05]
Sun rises on Japanese desktops
News The ministry is undergoing an evaluation of its current desktop software but has not yet committed to deploying JDS, the representative said. JDS is a suite of open-source office desktop programs that includes the Linux operating system and the...
[November 11, 2004, 10:07]
Java Desktop System reaches version two
News And as part of Sun's effort to entice programmers to its new software, the new JDS software will include the Java Studio and NetBeans developer tools. Sun's JDS is based on Linux. Companies purchase JDS by paying $100 (£54) per year for each...
[June 1, 2004, 9:15]
Stocks to watch: Compuware, Lucent Technologies and Motorola
News JDS Uniphase Fibre optics product makers JDS Uniphase and SDL said Monday they would merge in a stock deal worth $41bn. Under the definitive agreement, 3.8 shares of Canada's JDS Uniphase will be exchanged for each SDL share, the companies said.
[July 10, 2000, 11:14]
Sun middleware embraces rival operating systems
News Sun has a new JDS partners programme for Linux makers, which it hopes will bring the desktop software suite to Linux versions such as Gentoo, Yellow Dog, Previously the company had moved away from efforts to sell JDS on Linux and focused on Solaris.
[October 26, 2005, 9:20]
Sun's desktop demise proves open source's power
Leader With the code base visible and expertise easily available on the open market, Sun's JDS users will find it possible to arrange alternative support and product development if they wish. At a time when Microsoft has done a good job of moulding people...
[June 29, 2005, 14:15]
The Day Ahead: Oplink IPO set to soar, but beware
News Three customers -- Lucent, Sycamore Networks and JDS Uniphase -- account for 68.9 percent of Oplink's sales. Oplink cites Avanex, Ciena, Lucent, New Focus, Nortel and JDS Uniphase, which acquired E-Tek and plans to acquire SDL, as competition.
[October 4, 2000, 12:51]
Sun: Zero-revenue model is no threat
News For example, Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) for desktop and laptop computers is based on Linux, but Sun is working to make Solaris catch up there, as well. Sun announced a deal in November in which 500,000 computer users in China will use JDS.
[February 12, 2004, 10:30]
The Day Ahead: New Focus eyes strong IPO
News JDS Uniphase bought New Focus rival E-Tek Dynamics in a stock swap valued at $15bn in January. The company has a blue-chip client list that includes Agilent Technologies, Alcatel USA, Avanex, Corning, Corvis, JDS Uniphase, Lucent and Nortel.
[May 16, 2000, 12:37]
Red Hat predicts death of Solaris
News Gampe also took the opportunity to weigh in on the Java Desktop System (JDS), Sun’s own desktop system which somewhat competes with Red Hat’s product line. Gamte said the name JDS was a misnomer, as the system was "a straight Gnome desktop with a...
[February 16, 2005, 8:50]
