Josh Fruhlinger
Contributing Writer

JavaFX disses Sun’s longtime customers?

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Aug 8, 20081 min

Due to the preview SDK’s neglect of Linux and other crimes, Jacob Hookum lashes out on his java.net blog that JavaFX ignores Sun’s longstanding customers while chasing others that it won’t get. “Focusing back on their existing customers vs. gaining new customers, obviously JavaFX has the opportunity to cannibalize existing solutions in the market, but trying to take a bite out of Flash is out right ridiculous at this point and I can’t think of how JavaFX could hurt anyone’s existing investment in Swing … Sun should be providing a clearer product migration path for their existing customers to increase and grow adoption within first … Bubblemark, flying boxes, and static widgets aren’t applicable to me. I see an obvious need to move to RIA in the market, but floating bubbles doesn’t provide me with a clear migration from my existing knowledge base and interest.”