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But Visual Basic is the one to beat. It is currently the premier RAD tool,
and has been for years.
"Greg Brown" <gbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > The development of an excellent RAD IDE will determine SWT's success on
> the
> > desktop, in my opinion. If an exceptional - or at least usable - RAD IDE
> is
> > not developed for SWT, it will show IBM's / Sun's / et.al., lack of
> > comprehension of anything non 'enterprise'. Meaning the majority of
modern
> > desktop software development will continue to be left in Microsoft's
> hands.
> >
> > Nobody wants to see some VB programmer take their job away. So one must
be
> > able to compete by having development software that is at least
> competitive.
>
> This is exactly what I was talking about in a post I sent yesterday. SWT
has
> a chance to make huge inroads in the client-side development space, if it
is
> packaged correctly. What SWT needs is:
>
> - A good GUI builder tool, a la VB
> - A browser plugin to run SWT apps in a web page or in a "Web Start"-like
> launcher
>
> There are very few viable alternatives for building "rich" internet
> applications (i.e. apps that run in a browser but aren't constrained by
the
> limitations of HTML/DHTML). There is a huge opportunity for a company to
> learn from Sun and MS's failures with the original applet and ActiveX
> controls, respectively, and offer a technology that can really take the
> internet to the next level. Macromedia is doing a great job of this with
> Flash MX, but the door is still wide open for competition. I'd be
surprised
> if MS does not release an ActiveX replacement technology sometime in the
> near future to address this need. I'd like to see something based on Java
> enter the running.
>
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