I think you have an unexamined bias in your conclusions. Desktop app are in fact flourishing in the Enterprise. And most UIs for real time trading systems in the financial brokerages are also using Desktop Java.
When you make general statements about some software technology or methodology, it might be useful to have this in the back of your mind: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html Rob On Dec 14, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Casper Bang wrote: >> With the latest evolutions, JavaFX is just Swing 2.0 for Java. So, it >> will fit in a scenario of "normal" Java desktop applications, I'm no >> more seeing it as a Flash / Javascript alternative. So, it's not dead, >> but the original target for it is. > > But "normal" Java desktop applications aren't exactly flourishing, > beyond developer circles and IDE's in particular. So I actually think > it will also be dead in a year or two... currently in a bit of a > zombie state, not really dead but not really alive either. > -- 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.
