“During the launch of Sun’s Java Desktop System (JDS), the
company touted its product as a real alternative to Microsoft
Windows. During an interview, Peder Ulander, the then director of
marketing for the Desktop Solutions team at Sun, said, ‘The Java
Desktop System is a comprehensive and secure enterprise desktop
environment that runs on Solaris and Linux. It provides the
enterprise with the first viable alternative to Windows in 15
years, by offering a complete feature set at a fraction of the cost
of a Windows upgrade…'”
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