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Don't worry. In one or two years there will be another "initiative" to revitalize the desktop. Not that it will help or work in any way, but that's the usual Sun procedure for more than a decade.
Every few years Sun pretends to wake up, proclaims Java's breakthrough on the desktop is imminent, publishes a few marketing papers (from the usual suspects), and then forgets about doing abso-freaking-lutely any improvement. Or deity forgive, any bugfixing.
The history of Java is littered with abandoned or half-done, bug-ridden APIs because at Sun they are quitters, not finishers. FX will be another one.
For now FX gives a clear message. Sun has once again given up competing at the desktop. The previous filth rich client marketing bushwah failed spectacularly (guess why ...), the framework thing didn't take off (guess why ...), so for the moment Sun decided they don't want to push Java for serious desktop applications any more. Instead it has to be something for the web, artsy-hippy people: FX.
But don't worry, after FX's failure, and after a brief stint in the "Enterprise rules the world" phase Sun will come back to the desktop. With yet another half thought through API, never to be going to be finished. |
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