The same blog post of Shay says that "Oracle never discontinues products." At least not officially. So there you have that.
Given that the biggest achievement of JavaFX 9 will be if old things keep working in JDK 9, I wouldn't expect any new exciting JavaFX developments coming from Oracle. On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Dirk @ Google <dlemmerm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > there has been quite a shake-up in the JavaFX community last week when > Shay Almog (Codename One) first responded to a blog of mine ( > dlemmermann.wordpress.com) with a lot of negative comments regarding > JavaFX and its future. He then followed up with a long blog asking the > question „Should Oracle Spring-Clean JavaFX“ ( > https://www.codenameone.com/blog/should-oracle-spring-clean-javafx.html < > https://www.codenameone.com/blog/should-oracle-spring-clean-javafx.html>). > > I do understand that it is often a good strategy to not comment on stuff > like this because commenting would just draw attention to it, but we have > now reached the point where potential customers are questioning the > sustainability of a JavaFX-based solution. They are now wondering if JavaFX > will still be around in a few years. In my specific case the customer > demands an answer from me and my partners within the next week, and if not > convincing they will go with something / someone else. We will loose a > contract worth around one million dollars because of one blog written by > Shay with no follow-up from Oracle. > > What is needed is an official statement from Oracle / Oracle employees / > JavaFX development team, saying that Oracle is still committed to JavaFX > and that it will still be around for a while. Can somebody please do that? > > Dirk > > >
