COMMENTARY -- On the surface, Novell's Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) and Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) offer the same value for the same price, and under the same game rules. For $50 per year, each ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

commentary On the surface, Novell's NLD (Novell Linux Desktop) and Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) offer the same value for the same price, and under the same game rules. For US$50 per year, each ...

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is working hard to ensure that its Java Desktop and Java Enterprise Systems are supported on as many Linux, Unix and Windows operating systems as possible. Last week Sun, of ...

During the launch of Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS), the company touted its product as a real alternative to Microsoft Windows. During an interview, Peder Ulander, the then director of marketing for ...

When it comes to operating systems, Microsoft, IBM and Apple aren’t the only mega-companies with all the knowledge. Sun, with its Solaris OS, has years of expertise with Unix-based operating systems.