Sun's Java Desktop 2.0 system is priced at $100 per desktop per year. However, Sun has promotional pricing of $50 per desktop per year for the first year, until December 2004. Sun's two-tiered ...

It includes full support for the company's Java system – plus a suite of office software – in one package. It’s called Sun Java Desktop System, or JDS for short. Like Solaris, it’s ...

John Loiacono, executive vice president of Sun software, said Sun’s plans for the Java Desktop System (JDS) have “changed slightly,” and Sun may open the operating system to community ...

“First and foremost, the objective of the Java Desktop System (JDS) isn’t to go after Microsoft,” said Peder Ulander, Sun’s director of marketing for Desktop Solutions. Ulander was ...

Sun is hoping to increase the penetration of Linux on the enterprise desktop by slashing the price of its Java Desktop System, which is designed to replace Microsoft's Windows operating system and ...

Sun Microsystems plans to release on Tuesday the second version of its Java Desktop System, the server maker's version of Linux for desktop computers, augmenting the software with new management ...

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Sun Microsystems Inc. has updated its Java Desktop System (JDS) to include central management capabilities, Sun announced Tuesday. With JDS, Sun is trying to make inroads into the ever-growing ...

Sun will also announce today that Project Mad Hatter has been renamed the Java Desktop System and is also priced at $100 per employee per year. It includes a version of Linux, the GNOME desktop ...

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