>>1) you won't have to worry about shipping updates to your app -- the
>>customer will always be running the most current version. Yes, this is
>>an aspect of it being a thin client, but you seemed to omit it. And,
>>IMHO, it's the most important aspect.
>
>Good point, but you can devise work arounds that check the current version of an app, by dialing into the web and download an update if it is out of date.
>
>>2) There's lots of money to be made for consultants. The amount of work
>>that is currently available is akin to the amount of work that will be
>>available in about 2.25 years.
>
>As always money makes the world go around, the world go around . . .

Todd, I really appreciate your comments on Java; the folks around here are making some noise about it, too, and I'd like to hear from others who've taken a stab mine. Anyone else with Java thoughts?