[wellylug] Sun's JDS (was Re: Fedora Core 2)

[Rob Giltrap]

Jamie Baddeley wrote:

>That's interesting. I've basically read consistently bad reviews for
>JDS. Why does it appeal to you?
>
>jamie
>

It appeals for a few reasons.

1) I do some work for Sun Microsystems so I need to keep the faith

2) I have access to their internal roadmaps so I know what the future is 
(and yes I am limited to what I can tell you!)

3) JDS Version 1 is crapola no doubt, but it really was more about 
establishing the processes to deliver the product rather than the actual 
end product itself

4) JDS Version 2 is the same crappy base but introduces APOC 
(centralised admin) which is way cool for implementing JDS into an 
organisation with many desktops

5) JDS Version 3 is going to have all the latest bells and whistles but 
will also be rigourously tested and will be awesome for large scale 
rollouts. This is the one to look out for.

6) JDS comes with all the extra proprietary bits pre installed (fonts, 
codecs etc)

7) JDS is going to be tested and integrated with SunRay technology which 
is an awesome ultra thin client technology (like LTSP but much much better)

8) Sun has already sold millions of licences for JDS, it is getting a 
lot of traction in large businesses and looks to be a huge success.

9) Some stuff is going to be annouced this week in Shanghai which makes 
it even more appealing (stay tuned).

10) The best thing about JDS is that it is focused on delivering value 
to the IT Manager by focusing on the needs of the Systems Admin, the SA 
is more of the customer than the actual end user. Because of that focus 
Sun has some cool developments in store (which of course are being 
returned to the OS community)

Cheers, Rob.