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Re: JSR296 still living ?
| From:"Bill Snyder" [wsnyder6@masked-domain] |
| Sent on:Thu, 8 May 2008 09:36:32 -0400 |
| In reply to:Re: JSR296 still living ? sent on Thu, 08 May 2008 06:40:10 PDT by [jdnc-interest@masked-domain] |
Yeah, the lack of focus or resources or whatever from Sun on 295/296 is
bemusing. Sometimes, though, it is better to cut the losses and keep a
simple focus. I hope that the marketing and resources put into JavaFX and
NetBeans continue; I see those two platforms super-ceding what 295/296 has
started.
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:40 AM, <[jdnc-interest@masked-domain]> wrote:
> I can't understand, with my limited intellectual resources, the strategy
> of Sun regarding some hot topics of Java environment.
> I know that javaFX, web apps and some visual projects are somewhat
> irresistible, like mermaid voices, but after all these years of complaining
> about the lack of presence of java in the desktop they still don't assign
> enough resources to create and promote a good application framework and
> related Form and Database handling libraries. That could make java desktop
> apps dominating the desktop a reality.
> Most programs in many companies are not fancy image handlers or others
> eye-catching personal applications. Some people really works in that
> companies doing accounting, billing, inventory and so on. Not always the
> best way to do that is through a web application.
>
> It seems that these projects, beansbinding and appframework, are some
> kind of personal, one-man projects, without too much support from Sun.
>
> I would like to see some "official" comments about this situation.
>
> A related, old, thread :
>
> http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=197011&;#197011
>
> Regards,
> Diego.
> [Message sent by forum member 'dags' (dags)]
>
> http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=273323
>
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