>>Want to get opinions on the near future of Web (Client/Server) development. Do you think we will be going the route of Java/J++ or stay more towards HTML/ActiveX?
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>My option:
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>The Web is only a transition to come back where we were before, which is a desktop application, but being live on the TCPIP stack as you'll have in the Universal Thread Client.
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>ActiveX as no future, it's only a gadget to impress people.
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>Java is like when comparing VB to VFP. You need a database system on the net, then you'll use a database engine as we are using it now with VFP.
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>Client Server will keep its place as we can use it now with VFP or other database engine.
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>Socket programming is the future.

Michel

Pretty bold statement:

>ActiveX as no future, it's only a gadget to impress people.

Time will tell. But then again do you think ActiveX will encompass Socket programming? Obviously (to me) TCP/IP is the future (especially when we get a better address scheme). I see socket programing as being included in ActiveX -- kind like a wrapper around it. I think we will be doing Socket programming via ActiveX.

My 2 cents,
Tom