[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
> This doesn't seem to be so much desktop linux as a Java terminal running 
> on Linux backend servers.

http://wwws.sun.com/software/javadesktopsystem/
http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/screenshot.html?img=/software/images/products/I1_mercury_lg.jpg&alt=Java%20Desktop%20System%20screenshot

It is - a dressed up GNOME desktop.  They've added their own connector, GNOME
theme to Java widgets.  I met a guy who had a beta,  very sweet.

http://wwws.sun.com/software/javadesktopsystem/faq.html#2q0 -
A. The major software components are as follows:
    * GNOME 2.2 Desktop, with some 2.4-based modifications
    * Mozilla 1.4 Web browser
    * Evolution 1.4 e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list client (with a
connector for the Sun Java System Calendar Server (formerly Sun ONE Calendar
Server))
    * StarOffice 7 Office Suite
    * Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, 1.4.2 (with support for GNOME Look &
Feel)
    * Linux OS