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Ignore that last one. It got away from me. :-)
"Chris Sibert" <chrissibert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
> >
> > G
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