Future of JavaFX

[Felix Bembrick]

Well, it is the official Swing replacement but look at Java 9 and you won't see many if any enhancements to JavaFX.  The point is Oracle has no interest in desktop software other than maintaining any existing support contracts.

I don't even think Oracle wants JavaFX so it would be better for everyone to take ownership of it and build a company purely around JavaFX that's actually profitable and keeps enhancing the product at a much faster pace.

> On 1 Dec 2015, at 19:12, info at cuhka.com wrote:
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> If it is not a part of OpenJDK/Oracle JDK it will not work. Whether Oracle itself maintains the code doesn't really matter I think, but they have to put support and development in it.
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> To me another downside if Oracle would suspend further development is that any statements made by Oracle seem to carry not so much value. If I'm correct JavaFX was presented by Oracle as the Swing replacement. If after a short time they revert from that position, what would that mean for any other statement?
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> Citeren Felix Bembrick <felix.bembrick at gmail.com>:
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>> If JavaFX stays under Oracle control, it will be the same it is today in 5 years. I really doubt they will put another dollar into its expansion and new features.
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>> How can that be good?
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>> Plus the company that does take over could provide commercial support as well as training (which Oracle doesn't).
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