Java Desktop System 2003 Quick Start User Guide

Features and Benefits

The Java Desktop System offers the following features and benefits:

Feature 

Benefit 

Interoperability 

Provides compatibility with common office products and formats.  

Includes simple network mechanism for:

  • Mounting networked Windows and UNIX® folders

  • Exchanging files by means of drag and drop functionality

  • Printing to shared printers in Windows, Linux, and UNIX environments

Calendar, Email, and Instant Messaging 

Supports industry standards including:

  • Directory services : LDAP

  • Email : IMAP4

  • File sharing : SAMBA, NFS

  • Printing : SAMBA

  • Web services : WebDAV

Browser and Java Desktop Integration 

Java offers an ideal execution environment for web services. 

Office Productivity 

Contains a comprehensive suite of feature-rich tools providing word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, and database capabilities.