On 7/15/05, Daniel Johnsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > a week ago I read, that the development resources for the Java Desktop System > will be decreased, since JDS stayed behind the expectations. > I think it never had the chance to become a platform for third party apps, > what would be necessary for a future-oriented unix desktop.
The only thing I have heard about JDS development is that the focus was shifting to JDS/Solaris instead of JDS/Linux. Are you certain about this? Can you quote a source? > Using Gnome as the base was the big mistake, since it's only good looking > (clean, integrated), but under the hood it's not flexible (>for me< it also > look outdated). > Better take a look at KDE. In my opinion, it's the only desktop environment, > that could attract prop. software vendors to a different plattform than > windows. > Of course it's far away from being perfect, but it's built on the most > promising base, named QT. While I respect that is your opinion, please don't start KDE vs. GNOME flamewars using inflammatory language. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
