I was drawn to a JavaLobby post entitled JavaFX’s Killer Feature, because I have long wondered what, exactly JavaFX’s killer feature could possibly be. Well, brace yourself: JavaFX will succeed where others fail because it runs on Linux, whereas Adobe is notorious for letting its Linux Flash port (upon which Air runs) lag behind. I really feel kind of bad making fun of this kind of Linux boosterism, but I feel compelled to do so for the sake of honesty. I am at least in principle a cheerleader for open source as a concept, and am bullish on Linux as a server, but I’ve been following the vagaries of Linux for nearly a decade and have literally heard every year this century billed as the year that Linux takes control of the desktop. The fact that the very phrase “Rich Internet Application” no doubt makes most Linux techies wince is exactly why Linux support is pretty far down on the list of things an RIA framework needs to succeed. Software Development