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Sun licenses search software for desktop

Sun licensed the software from a small company in Alameda, Calif., called Karelia, which worked for years on a version of Watson for Apple computers. Sun has created a new version of the software–code-named Alameda–that runs on any Java-enabled computer, said Peder Ulander, senior director of marketing for Sun’s Desktop Solutions Group.

Interesting. I was wondering who Karelia’s “big company” was. It seems like kind of an odd way to make an attack on the desktop, though I guess this is yet another XAML fighting move. Still, rich client UI’s could be a strong future, and Macromedia isn’t the only game in town. Personally, I prefer Apple’s take with dashboard more myself.
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