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eWeek: Sun Weighs Open-Source Options

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Sun Microsystems Inc. is pondering the possibility of
open-sourcing more of its software–this time with its
next-generation 3-D windowing system, called Project Looking Glass,
which is under development.

“When completed, Looking Glass will allow a new user experience
through three-dimensional windowing capabilities on the desktop,
making communications and collaboration easier. The software will
work with Linux, Solaris and Java applications, running in the X
Window System, said Hideya Kawahara, Sun senior staff engineer, at
the company’s executive briefing center here this week…”

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