"Ultimately, however, it's traditional client-server in many ways, architecturally" : I agree, except -in my opinion- for one thing : the SOA / RIA coupling. In my point of view, RIA concept is a piece of a larger whole. For the first time, I think we have the tools to make very old dreams come true : distributed applications, user-centric apps, business-process aggregation, etc.
Jeff. --- In [email protected], Christian Gruber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > internet != web. internet.contains(web) > > I think the whole rich internet application thing is just fat-client > all over again with (often) a web distribution mechanism, and glue > between applications. Ultimately, however, it's traditional client- > server in many ways, architecturally. > > Christian. > > On May 9, 2007, at 3:57 PM, dmiramontesval wrote: > > > Yeah maybe this needs a bit more explanation. Even though RIA stands > > for Rich Internet Applications, apparently for the people in Sun, RIA > > can also refer to Rich Applications in the desktop and in mobile > > devices. > > > > In their own words: > > > > "JavaFX Script will enable developers to more quickly and easily > > develop RIAs and next-generation services that can be proliferated > > across virtually any device ..." > > > > https://openjfx.dev.java.net/JavaFX_FAQ.html > > > > So yes Manish, this won't compete against Flex or Silverlight, my > > mistake. Probably will compete with Apollo or WPF but i guess if > > that's the case then this topic is maybe in the wrong list. > > > > Sorry :P > > > > Diego > > > > --- In [email protected], "Manish Jethani" > > <manish.jethani@> wrote: > >> > >> On 5/9/07, dmiramontesval <dmiramontesval@> wrote: > >> > >>> http://java.sun.com/javafx/ > >> [...] > >> > >>> So now we have a new player, which on my personal opinion > >>> considering > >>> the position of Java in the market, might bring some good and sane > >>> competition to this game called RIA. > >> > >> From what I can tell, it's just a new language for creating > >> Swing-based applications. Another layer of abstraction. Are these > >> applications going to run in the browser? What runtime -- the JVM? > >> Then there's nothing to see here. > >> > >> I've just downloaded the tarball and am beginning to play with it, > >> but > >> I'd love to know how this challenges Flash and Silverlight if at all. > >> > > > > > > christian gruber + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + bus 905.640.1119 + mob > 416.998.6023 > process coach and architect + ISRÁFÍL CONSULTING SERVICES >
