Sun's JDS(Java Desktop System based on Solaris)发行了

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By Stephen Shankland CNET News.com October 13, 2004, 5:06 PM PT

Sun Microsystems has quietly released a version of its Java Desktop System software based on Solaris, a new step in the company's plan to try to transfer some of Linux's glory to its own operating system.

The Java Desktop System (JDS) consists of an operating system and higher-level software such as the GNOME user interface, the Mozilla Web browser, the StarOffice competitor to Microsoft Office, RealNetworks' media player--and of course Sun's Java software foundation. When JDS was introduced a year ago, it was based only on Novell's SuSE Linux.

Sun released JDS version 2, based on Solaris 9, last week. According to Sun's plans, version 3 is due by the end of the year, a version Sun says will be easier to use.

Under a promotional pricing plan that runs through December, the software can be downloaded for $50 per computer per year.

Linux sellers have rallied around the open-source operating system for servers for years, but more recently have used it in direct attacks against Microsoft's stronghold on desktop PCs.

Sun has begun touting its own Solaris version of the Unix operating system, chiefly by resurrecting and now heavily promoting a version that runs on computers with x86 chips such as Intel's Pentium. Sun is aiming Solaris chiefly at Red Hat Linux and plans to make the software an open-source product by the end of the year.

那里有下载??????? 给个网址...

Sun推Solaris桌面型软件 拟年底前开放源码

作者： ZDNet China
CNETNews.com.cn 2004-10-14 02:27 PM



CNET科技资讯网 10月14日国际报道：Sun悄悄推出一版以Solaris 为基础的Java Desktop System 软件，显示该公司希望将Linux 荣耀转移至自家操作系统的计划又有了 新进展。

Java Desktop System （JDS ）是由一套操作系统与高端软件（如GNOME 使用者界面）、Mozilla 浏览器、StarOffice、RealNetworks的 媒体播放器等所组成，当然还包括了Sun 的Java软件基础。JDS 一年前首度推出时，原本只是以Novell的SuSE Linux为基础。

Sun 上周推以Solaris 9 为基础的第二版JDS。根据Sun 的计划，第三版预计明年底完成，使用上将更加容易。

在今年底前的促销活动中，该软件是以每年50美元的价格做下载。

Linux 经销商历年来多半把这套开放源代码操作系统的焦点放在服务器市场上，但最近也逐渐拿来进攻微软最强势的桌面型PC市场。

Sun 近年来则以自家Unix版本的Solaris 操作系统大做文章，希望能提升声势，同时现在也不断大力提倡一版可用在x86 平台（比如英特 尔的Pentium 芯片）的操作系统版本，Sun 把Solarisu拿来与Red Hat Linux 作竞争，同时已有打算在年底前将Solaris 变成开放源代码。 （陈奭璁）

Solaris 出身比较高贵..
期待。

同感！

不是说50美元了吗！在x86上solaris并没什么昂贵的。等正式版，如果好的话就买正版，如果没什么特别好的方面，还是免费的Linux用着舒心。
毕竟是商业软件，作为desktop应该设计的很全面。还包括StarOffice.:-)

还有，佩服上面的，居然找到一条原版中文翻译，嗬！厉害

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