>>Are you sure you know what you are talking about?
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>I'm a little rusty, so I could be wrong.
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>>I use PVCS Version Manager that is written in Java... there is NO browser involved. It runs in a Win32 java machine and is just like any other Win32 ap. The UI is rich with tree views, pop-up windows, etc.
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>True, but, I think the article was talking about with distributed applications. Running a Java app locally is just like running a VFP app locally. When Java was released it was supposed to create this new way to create distributed apps through the browser. Thats a bit differnt than the Web Service + Rich UI models that Gartner is talking about.


I see, but I was responding to your comment that Java "HAD TO BE CONNECTED" to a server somehow, which isn't true. :)

BOb