Re: Scala UI futures

Ingo Maier <ingo.maier <at> epfl.ch> writes:
> I guess it's comparable to web browsers, were you have to code
> around HTML/CSS/Javascript incompatibilities, just that new graphics
> drivers are released more often than browser revisions.

True.
 
> One thing I don't understand is their license policy with JavaFX. First,
> they release something as open source. Then they release something more
> advanced under a closed source license. You are not even allowed to
> distribute the media components jar in binary form within your own
> project. That's weird.

I totally agree. :) This is a good example of Sun doing something interesting
(various client-side improvements) and then messing it up soon after (with a
weird license with lots of restrictions).

I find it particularly strange because they are playing catch-up and the
open-source card was one of the few things that they could have named as an
advantage versus flash and silverlight.

Ismael