Brian, Brian Cameron wrote: > Note quite true. JDS is the "desktop". This includes GNOME, but also > includes other desktop applications and interfaces which are not a part > of the GNOME umbrella. For example: > > - Firefox, Thunderbird > - RealPlayer > - SourceForge applications like gtkam, gphoto, gthumb > - FreeDesktop interfaces such as D-Bus, GStreamer, cairo, etc. > - Other dependencies which are used by the desktop, but are not a part > of GNOME, such as Xiph.org codecs.
Absolutely none of the above has anything to do with Java...which explains why the JDS' full name is the "Sun JAVA Desktop System". I can see why Sun mightn't want to call it GNOME by why can't they just drop the JAVA? It's not a JAVA desktop system, it's a desktop system that is a GNOME enhanced by Sun...so why not something like: * "Sun Desktop System" It's more truthful, it's actually got the right branding and might I say one could easily arguable it's not as misleading as the current moniker! DSL
