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Oracle, Java, JavaFX, OpenOffice, and Thinkfree Office – competing with Google Apps Premier Edition

August 5, 2009

When Larry Ellison spoke at JavaONE this year, he mentioned the importance of Java, JavaFX and OpenOffice for Oracle’s strategy around the merger with Sun.
“We encourage the OpenOffice group to quickly build their version of a spread sheet or a word app using JavaFX.”
And as the Channel Register reports:
The CEO has also made it clear [...]

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JavaFX TV – Write Once, Run Anywhere, or Java on TV 3.0

July 10, 2009

When a Canadian working for SUN in 1991 ended up with the task of writing a new compiler for a programming language, he would never imagine the software development revolution he triggered with his work: the entrance of Java into the world of software development, and the Canadian was James Gosling. Meant for set-top-box development, [...]

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Mixed runtime applications in JavaFX – embedding Ajax or Flash through JWebPane?

May 24, 2009

RIA runtimes are getting more complex with every new technology available in the market. Building “pure Ajax” applications in many cases already means that you’ll embed a SWF movie file into your page for audio playback or video functionality. Technologies with support for multiple runtimes – like OpenLaszlo – create APIs for integrating applications deployed [...]

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JavaFX 1.1 with JavaFX Mobile enters RIA market

February 15, 2009

In what seemed to be surprise to some of us Sun released JavaFX 1.1, which includes JavaFX Mobile. Long expected, much awaited, Java makes a come-back on mobile devices with “JavaFX to-go”. JavaFX 1.1 can be dowloaded here, and some more information (videos, tutorials) are available on this page. As expected, the company announced a number [...]

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Sun releases JavaFX 1.0

December 6, 2008

This week Sun released version 1.0 of JavaFX technology. After the initial announcement of JavaFX at Java ONE 2007 we’ve been waiting long to see the release of JavaFX.

Through my work at Laszlo and David Temkin I had heard about Chris Oliver’s F3 project. F3 looked very promising, and I thought it was amazing to see what [...]

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