On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Weaver, Scott wrote:

> > I know nothing about JMX (Java Management
> > Extensions)(http://java.sun.com/products/JavaManagement/) other than what
> > I
> > just read from the first paragraph of Sun's site.  However, I do know a
> > bit
> > about SVG, and IMHO it would be a much better choice than Flash.  Flash =
> > proprietary format;  SVG = open standard.  Enough said? No? SVG = XML;
> > Flash
> > = binary.
>
> I agree we should stay open, however, I would say that flash is not as
> *closed* as you might think.  Take at JGenerator,
> http://www.flashgap.com/index.html, which can dynamically generate
> flash objects.
>
> Can svg do as much as Flash can, like Flash Forms, etc?  I ask this
> because I know very little about the current state of svg.

Yes, SVG can be used to describe those kinds of things. The "but" is
this: there is still a gap between SVG renderers and the full spec: SVG
support is far from ubiquitous.


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