Yes, it's a real pity, that so many years in Java world there is a gap for Desktop programming. The Java world has been waiting for JavaFX for over 20 years. Swing and AWT were a failure for Java and Desktop applications in the Java world. This was one of the serious reasons, Microsoft .NET has overtaken Java in many ways.
Why repeat the same mistake so many times? >From all animal species, only the Human repeats the same mistake more than once. Miro. On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 12:09 AM, Chuck Davis <cjgun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Microsoft will continue laughing all the way to the bank as long as they > can keep the Java crowd believing their desktop monopoly is just a niche > market. In the US small businesses are the largest employer segment and we > live on a desktop. More and more of them with larger and larger screens. > Of course, we also use browsers for web access and cell phones to talk with > each other. But we get our work done with a desktop client/server > application for the most part; and no, we don't want to have to try to get > anything done with something as crude as a browser interface. That should > be more than apparent from the recent rash of class action lawsuits that > have been filed against Oracle's attempt to force customers to a browser > interface. We simply don't want it in small businesses. Long live the > niche!! > > > > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:56 PM Eirik Bakke <eba...@ultorg.com> wrote: > >> Both Swing and JavaFX are niche technologies, and I'd question the value >> of porting a large existing application from one to another. >> >> >>
