Technically I'd say JavaFX is pretty cool stuff. If Sun's layoffs didn't set it back too awfully it should be much cooler around the end of the year.
In terms of the market momentum/inertia, etc, I'd say it has an uphill battle. That said, I'd put some of the "it's doomed" comments in the wishful thinking category. Why? Because those making them have invested heavily in other technologies in this space and want the technology they've already invested in to dominate so they don't have to invest time and energy into learning anything else. Thus they really wish JavaFX would go away -- and do so as quickly as possible. You can see similar comments with similar motivations in many technology/product spaces from those using the dominating product, e.g. from Eclipse devotees regarding NetBeans, Windows users to users of other OS's, etc. Now these folk may be right, unfortunately, but I think their comments have a lot to do with their desire for a simple market dominated by the technology they already know than anything else. Overall I don't see JavaFX taking up huge market share in the short term, but I believe it will at least carve out a niche for itself -- unless the EU mess drags the Sun/Oracle merger long enough to completely kill Sun before Oracle can complete the merger. Of course I like to see the underdog shake up and diversify markets that are dominated by only a player or two, so maybe I'm just optimistic :-) -- Jess Holle Jan Goyvaerts wrote: > I was wondering who read this brief article and especially the > comments to it. Do you people agree to the general idea of the > comments that JavaFX is a failure asking to be happening ? Personally, > I believe it's the greatest thing that's happening since Java came > out. (Which was also said to be sluggish btw...) > > http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=58536&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+techtarget/tsscom/home+(TheServerSide.com:+Your+Enterprise+Java+Community) > > <http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=58536&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+techtarget/tsscom/home+%28TheServerSide.com:+Your+Enterprise+Java+Community%29> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
