RE: [OT] New Desktop OS?
- Posted by Ray Smith <smithr at ix.net.au> Sep 17, 2003
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C. K. Lester wrote: > The article says "$100 per user per year..." For what, you ask? "Now > carrying the moniker Sun Java Desktop System, the SuSE-powered system > includes the GNOME desktop environment, Sun's own StarOffice 7 > application > suite, the Mozilla Web browser, and other open-source utilities, > including > media players from RealNetworks and Macromedia." > > Okay, so it's Linux with some Java apps?!?!? sheesh. This marketplace is > psychotic!!! :) It seems like a good move to me. The $100 / year inclues support. Something MS don't do very well (or at all in most cases). If Sun do a good in support the $100 / year is a bargin (for corporate customers - it's not aimed at individuals). Ray Smith http://rays-web.com