[Talk] Sun Strikes Software Deal With United Kingdom

[Con Zymaris]

News is sketchy, but I've seen reports that maybe 800,000 desktops might 
go to this Java-Linux desktop in the UK department of health alone.


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http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=46523

Government To Implement Java Desktop, ApplicationInfrastructure in Public 
Sector

By Elizabeth Montalbano, CRN

9:46 PM EST Sun., Dec. 07, 2003
Sun Microsystems's software strategy will pick up more steam Monday when 
the company plans to unveil an agreement with the U.K. government to 
distribute its Java enterprise software and Linux-based desktop operating 
system.


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