[geeks] Sun JDS screenshots

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 04:08:57PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, velociraptor wrote:
> 
> >Dunno if you folks saw that there was a new release of the Sun Java
> >Desktop on the 10th.
> 
> I've always wondered why they called it the "Java Desktop".  Aside from
> the color scheme and the presence of an installed JDK/JRE (is that
> really a rarity these days?), there's nothing Java about it.  It's no more
> or less Java than Mac OS X or IRIX, for that matter.

I think it is an attempt at branding.  Java Desktop goes well with
Java Enterprise Server (JDS, JES) and their other Java-named software.

--Patrick