> This really isn't (wasn't) a big difference. Well except in the case of Silverlight, developers did not have to learn a new syntax nor wait for the tool-chain to catch up.
> I hear of new successful products all the time using HTML or iOS or > Flash, and even a few desktop Java and .NET products, but both > Silverlight and JavaFX are definite rarities. I agree, both aren't exactly success stories. Microsoft has the WP7 card up their sleeve though. Similarly JavaFX Script could've been wonderful on Android, the current XML markup coupled with the weird R file and associated manual casting is just not worthy of a modern mobile stack anno 2010. -- 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.
