[desktop-discuss] Status of "Java Desktop System"

[Garrett D'Amore]

Oooh, ooh, I know!

Let's see, its a windowing environment from Sun.... lets call it 
"SunWindows"!

/me crawls back under rock.

    -- Garrett

MC wrote:
> JDS in 2007 appears to boolean equal Gnome.  What does it have to do with Java?  
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> My guess is that it was originally named to be a marketing push for Java.  "Lets make Windows, except it is Java."  But that doesn't appear to be the case now.  The original graphic branding of JDS as a Java system is certainly long gone.
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> To get an idea of the history, I glanced at http://www.osnews.com/story.php/5286/Java-Desktop-System-Golden-Master-Review , and it seems to be that "JDS" is a name frozen in the past.  Frozen with things like the Java Media Framework and an early push for thin desktop clients.  
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> A year-old unanswered question on Wikipedia sums it up well: "So, it runs on the Solaris OS, using X Windows for a GUI, and GNOME for a desktop environment, and various other bits for actual software one can use. What precisely is the Sun contribution here, or is this just really a re-skinned/themed/customized GNOME installation?"
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> As a user, Java Desktop System is confusing branding sending a mixed message.  Is the Solaris desktop made of Java?  Is Solaris?  I don't understand.
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> And as a smart user, it stinks of something stillborn.
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> So this a humble reminder that something should be done about "JDS".  Something like ejecting the name "Java Desktop System" out an airlock.  :)
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