Apparently Sanjiv Jivan is implementing a gwt interface to Smart-
client.
see http://www.jroller.com/sjivan/

This was because Ext decided to change the licensing model whereby we
will all have to pay to use Ext.

I think Sanjiv may be repeating a mistake to his chagrin down the
road.

Suggestion: have a new product Gwt-X that use the Adapter design
pattern and config files to use a 3rd party client library. This is
IMHO good strategy - you are not philosophically tied to a specific
3rd party product, but are defining an API

Advantage: If the Gwt-X api can remain mostly unchanged - except
adapter classes to switch between Ext and Smart-client - then Ext or
Smart Client will have little leverage over the Gwt-Ext developers who
may be caught in a bind right now.

There are several examples - for example Rogue Wave's DBTools in the
1990s allowed you to switch databases transparently without much
effect on client code.
(you may have to redesign from scratch the present Gwt-ext api to be
generic).

Just my 2 cents.
-
Anil

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