Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun hopes the combo will attract custom system builders. John Fowler, Sun's CTO for Software, acknowledged, though, that the Java Desktop System would initially only exploit ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is pulling back plans to market and sell its Linux-based desktop operating system and is considering giving the technology to the open-source community, the company quietly ...

Most Linux distributions do not preinstall Java-based deployment and development environments. Installing and configuring them is often left to administrators, and if there are many different versions ...

Java Desktop System will continue to exist, but expect to see "less of an emphasis" on it, company's top software exec says. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

COMMENTARY -- On the surface, Novell's Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) and Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) offer the same value for the same price, and under the same game rules. For $50 per year, each ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Sun Microsystems is pulling back plans to market and sell its Linux-based desktop operating system and is considering giving the technology to the open-source community, the company ...

Sun plans to release midyear the second version of its Java Desktop System, featuring new tools for centralized management of client systems — and a higher price tag. Sun plans to release midyear the ...

Sun Tuesday disclosed pricing details for Project Orion, an initiative that aims to radically simplify the way Sun delivers server software to its customers and in the process, Sun hopes, will make ...

The company is modifying its Java software and working with mobile phone and credit card companies to better guarantee the identity of personal computer users. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

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 ...