LinuxInsider: Open Source Alternative

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"Sun Microsystems plans to create more awareness and usage of open source with the rollout of its open source-based Java Desktop System (JDS) to secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

"The JDS, which was introduced late last year, consists of a fully integrated client environment based on open source components and industry standards, provides a complete desktop environment and productivity tools which includes the GNOME desktop environment, StarOffice Office Productivity Suite, Mozilla browser, Evolution mail and calendar, Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE platform) and a Linux operating system..."

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