[KLUG Members] Sun gets order for up to a million linux desktops

[members@kalamazoolinux.org]

> Here's the link:
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5108336.html

Cool.

"The desktop system package includes the operating system, a browser,
StarOffice, e-mail and other Java applications and can run on Solaris, SuSE
Linux and Red Hat Linux. It includes the operating system, a browser,
StarOffice, an e-mail client and numerous third-party applications written in
Java, Sun's popular programming language."

The review I read indicated that Java apps where almost nowhere to be seen, and
that it was really just a polished version of GNOME.  The Java comes into play
in that Open/Star-Office integrates easily with Java apps (via the SDK) and the
UNO/CORBA bridge also makes Open/Star-Office and GNOME/Bonobo happy partners. 
Thus OO/SO + Java + Bonobo and developers/integrators should be happy.  Some
contingent in Sun clearly wants to make Java the VB for GNOME; I've got my
doubts,  but I guess we'll see.