JavaFX: Sun, Adobe and Microsoft Now in a 3-Way Race

clipped from blog.wired.com Good old Java is back. But this time it's a little leaner and a whole lot meaner. At JavaOne today, Sun Microsystems has unveiled details about JavaFX, its rich internet app development software and JavaFX Script, its own, new scripting language. The software lets developers create rich internet apps which rely heavily on graphics, audio and video. Using the Java platform as the base, these apps can be deployed to PCs, phones, game consoles and televisions. JavaFX even allows for some Ajax-like behaviors, such as instant data refreshes in the browser. It's the old Java mantra of "write once, run anywhere" all over again. It's also very close what Microsoft and Adobe are up to.