Re: JavaFX viability was->Re: Pete's web5250

They get caught up in the visual and audio transitions and special effects and forget about the architecture.

Thats why we're seem to be stuck on "web technologies" now.... Instead of evolving 5250 to be on par with modern GUI's....

If people would have considered "architecture" we wouldn't have to fight the mess we are in now since the introduction of PC's, i.e. throw away what we had and "decentralize" all to individual PC's.

Instead, we would realize that pure "client/server" is really inefficient for business apps (data intensive) from a production perspective and from a developers perspective, resulting in an uncontrolled mess. Instead, we would keep what is good (i.e. the centralized and simple deployment of apps on one host) and throw away what is bad (i.e. the green screens). And "decentralize" only where it really makes sense.

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:32:30 -0800
From: nandelin@xxxxxxxxx
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WEB400] JavaFX viability was->Re: Pete's web5250

From: Walden H. Leverich
Introducing Silverlight, Flash, Flex, JavaFX, whatever, is just
trying to use applets and activex again with different names...

I don't think people are really thinking this through. They get caught up in the visual and audio transitions and special effects and forget about the architecture. It reminds me of NASA's analysis of foam breaking from the Challenger launchpad and bouncing off the tiles under the shuttle. The PowerPoint presentation made it "appear" to be an unlikely risk.

Nathan.



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