Most Linux distributions do not preinstall Java-based deployment and development environments. Installing and configuring them is often left to administrators, and if there are many different versions ...

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun hopes the combo will attract custom system builders. John Fowler, Sun's CTO for Software, acknowledged, though, that the Java Desktop System would initially only exploit ...

It is Sun's terribly named Linux distribution. Maybe someone knows of one, but I see no compelling reason to use it over e.g. Fedora or Debian.

Sun Microsystems Inc. released two bundled packages of Java software today — one for desktops and one for servers — and announced pricing moves intended to bolster its position in the Java software ...

Sun plans to release midyear the second version of its Java Desktop System, featuring new tools for centralized management of client systems — and a higher price tag. Sun plans to release midyear the ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is pulling back plans to market and sell its Linux-based desktop operating system and is considering giving the technology to the open-source community, the company quietly ...

While acknowledging obstacles remain, a Sun official on Tuesday left open the possibility that Sun might offer its Java programming language under an open source format. While acknowledging obstacles ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Sun Microsystems is pulling back plans to market and sell its Linux-based desktop operating system and is considering giving the technology to the open-source community, the company ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. has scored a deal with a Chinese technology consortium to distribute its Java Desktop System to citizens of China, the company said Monday. The China Standard Software Company ...