| Indonesia adopts JDS on Linux as a national desktop |
Sep. 15, 2005
Indonesia's Ministry of Research and Technology Thursday said it will implement a Java Desktop System (JDS) on Linux as a national-standard desktop, customed-designed for its own culture. This desktop software will be a major component of the new Indonesia Goes Open Source (IGOS) program that aims to help eliminate the "digital divide in the world's largest archipelago," the ministry and Sun Microsystems said in a joint announcement.
The ministry said it will develop its own IGOS-branded software stack using JDS on Linux as the base platform. The agreement with Sun -- for an unspecified number of years -- has the goal of installing copies of the open source-based desktop across Indonesia, beginning with its government-affiliated offices, the ministry said.
Sun said it will provide marketing and support services to the IGOS project.
JDS was developed as the GUI for Sun's Solaris OS and is the standard desktop for Solaris X and OpenSolaris X. The JDS version that includes its own Linux OS runs on x86 PCs.
JDS on Linux continues to make headway in several world locations: - Last November, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) selected the Sun-produced desktop as part of the agency's initiative to promote the use of open-source desktops in schools throughout the country.
- In December of 2003, Sun announced a plan by the UK government to distribute the JDS to "offices in the public sector."
- In November of 2003, Sun announced that the Republic of China had committed developing its own software stack based on the JDS and said it would to purchase up to 200 million copies of the JDS over a span of 10 years.
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