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eWeek: JDS Could Be A Winner… If Sun Will Let It

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Dec 11, 2003

“Sun is doing well, extremely well, with its Java Desktop
System. Who would have thought it? Sun, of all companies, is
becoming a player not just on the desktop but also–thanks to its
distribution deal with Wal-Mart–on the consumer desktop!

“Of course, JDS really doesn’t have much to do with Java. It’s
really a combination of the Linux operating system, the Mozilla
browser, the GNOME desktop and the StarOffice office suite. That’s
well and good, but it does raise some questions: Why is Sun
supporting SCO’s lawsuit? And how can CEO Scott McNealy keep
flip-flopping on Linux…?”

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