[ Thanks to Tom
Adelstein for this link. ]
While writing Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop for
O’Reilly & Sons, Sam Hiser and Tom Adelstein realized that
Sun’s Java Desktop System (JDS) was underrated by many desktop
users. And even its creators. So to try and garner some
industry-wide JDS respect, the authors Monday launched
JDShelp.org.“‘We were monitoring the Sun JDS forum and saw that there were
users of the software that were outside the scope of what Sun’s
enterprise distribution and support channels are designed to
accommodate,’ said Hiser. ‘Sun’s documentation was not so great; it
was the typical rush job to do the software, and they didn’t
document it so completely,’ Hiser said. ‘Also, their documentation
seems to be written for each other, not for your mom…'”
Related Story:
ZDNet:
Java Desktop Support Site Launched(Jul 12, 2004)