Sun’s got a problem, just as Alfons already points out in his latest entry: Sun’s Java Desktop isn’t all about Java. It’s a complete package of GNOME, StarOffice, Mozilla, Evolution, Java run on top of an ordinary Linux kernel. Sounds familiar? Yes: it’s just another Linux distribution.
Note this:
“An IT manager, who asked not to be named, said he could not understand why a user would trade one proprietary desktop for another. “I personally keep Java off my computer because it crashes the system,” he said. “If Sun had the interests of the customer in mind, then the Sun desktop would be written in C and donated to Linux. Sun is no better than Microsoft.”
I never liked Java either, but this particular IT manager should be fired: it’s this kind of ignorance that kills IT. As for Sun: I wish them good luck.