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- The Java Desktop System and "real-technic"
- The Java Desktop System and "real-technic"Communists and real-technicI wonder who was really surprised to learn of this. Give a commie an inch and they take the mile! Makes you wonder about their commitment to uphold IP in ALL areas. China seems to be doing whatever they want - regardless of...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java Desktop System, desktop computer
- Discussion threads 2006-03-14
- The Java Desktop System and "real-technic"
- I got an interesting comment in response to last week's blog on desktop Linux in which the person refered to Stephen Shankland's CNET news report from June of 2005 entitled: "Sun steps back from desktop Linux". What that report is about is Sun's decision to focus the Java Desktop...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., desktop, Linux
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
- IBM's Desktop vision
- As fellow blogger Chris Jablonski reported last week ( IBM's Mills touts managed clients 8/10/05), IBM's Steve Mills had some interesting things to tell the Linuxworld audience in San Francisco about its Linux desktop vision. Here's part of Chris's report: Managing clients from a platform neutral server...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Sun Java Desktop System, Workplace
- Blog posts 2005-08-16
- ex-World Bank CTO: Desktop Linux Interrupted
- If you're a member of the press and you write anything that's remotely critical of Linux's chances of success on the desktop which I have, the Linux community unleashes a fury of fire and brimstone upon you. Invariably, your credentials to make any such judgment are dragged through the mud...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sun Java Desktop System, desktop, Linux
- Blog posts 2005-02-04
- Businesses move into Linspire's desktop Linux crosshairs
- In response to my recent column on why the future of desktop computing is less about what operating system or applications you'll be running and more about what $50 per year gets you (in other words it's not about desktop Linux any more than it's about desktop Solaris or Windows),...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Desktops, Linspire, Linux, Sun Java Desktop System, desktop, desktop Linux
- Blog posts 2005-01-04
- JDS for Windows (says Schwartz)? Not quite.
- In his most recent treatise (and it is long, so you'll want print it out), Sun COO/president Jonathan Schwartz says "Yes, we are committed to JDS/Windows." JDS is the acronym for Sun's Java Desktop System -- a soup to nuts operating system to productivity/communications applications desktop solution that, for $50 per year,...
- Tags: Sun Java Desktop System, JDS/Windows
- Blog posts 2004-11-10
- IBM looks to nab some of that desktop Linux limelight
- Not one to be completely shut out of the desktop party, IBM has unleashed a series of announcements around its Workplace suite of collaborative solutions. Although deriving the most value out of its server-centric architecture forces a serious rethink on how end-users should be creating, saving, and collaborating on documents...
- Tags: desktop, NLD, Workplace, Sun Java Desktop System
- Blog posts 2004-11-09
- Why Sun's JDS deserves a try
- Earlier this month. Sun released -- but did not announce -- a Solaris-based version of Release 2 of its Java Desktop System JDS. For a $50-per-year subscription, Sun is offering an operating system (Novell's SuSE Linux or Sun's Solaris 9, both for x86), full-blown productivity suite StarOffice, Exchange-compatible e-mail and...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Solaris, desktop computer
- Blog posts 2004-10-26
- Without a peep from Sun, JDS for Solaris ships
- Without much fanfare, Sun Microsystems has released the Solaris x86 version of Release 2 of its Java Desktop System JDS. To the extent that JDS includes an operating system, the typical OS accoutrements such as a browser Mozilla, mail and calendaring client (Novell's Ximian Evolution), and a graphical user environment GNOME, and...
- Tags: Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Solaris, desktop computer
- Blog posts 2004-10-14
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- XP meets XO: Will Linux get an equal shot?
- The One Laptop Per Child program will put XP on its XO laptop and children in the developing world will have a choice between Windows and Linux. On the surface, a little choice isn't going to kill anybody. In fact, choice is good. And if some poor...
- Tags: Operating System, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, XP Screen, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments
- As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Stonesoft, Stonegate Management Center, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature
- There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software
- Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....
- Tags: Software, Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Survey, Verdiem, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO
- Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child OLPC initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft officials finally gave the OLPC project Redmond's official blessing. Up to this point, OLPC Chief Nicholas Negroponte preannounced Microsoft's every move on...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case
- In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas right was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case said he may have made a "manifest error of law" in his instructions to the jury. ...
- Tags: Distribution, RIAA, Judge, Mr., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Microsoft delivers another update to Office Live Workspace
- Microsoft rolled out quietly on May 15 its 1.1 update to its Office Live Workspace service, which is currently in beta test. The 1.1 bits are available from the Microsoft Downloads site. adds performance updates, making Office Live Workspace run faster with Microsoft Office programs, plus the...
- Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Ideology and self interest won't win health care debate
- The knives have already come out in the fight against health care reform in 2009. On the one hand we have ideology, represented by former Rep. Dick Armey, who complains that some Republicans are getting weak-kneed in their rejection of any but the most "market-oriented" (i.e., tilted...
- Tags: Physician, Ideology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Images: Mars is getting a new visitor
- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is expected to search for life after it touches down near an icy region of the Red Planet on May 25.On the morning of May 25, Mars will receive a new alien contraption from Earth, the Phoenix Mars Lander. Its three month mission is to sample...
- Tags: Surface, Earth, NASA, Phoenix Technologies, It', CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-15
- Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta
- We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...
- Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Photos: Cracking open the Atari 2600
- Check out the joystick ports, circuitry, and other parts that made the venerable game console tick.The Atari 2600 in all its cracked-open glory. I never owned one of these consoles--I was an Intellivision II man. (George Plimpton convinced me it was better.) Do you still play your Atari 2600?...
- Tags: Joystick, Photograph, Atari Inc., CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-15
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