Sun Microsystem's JavaFX & 'Project Hydrazine'
kiakanpa | 07 May, 2008 10:56
This one is going to burn up like rocket fuel! (A joke for the chemists among you). Now, I know many of the readers are not technophiles like me, so I shall try to keep this simple – JavaFX is a programming language – a ‘new’ version of Java if you will. It is being written by Sun Microsystems (the creators of Java) and is being aimed at creating applications for the desktop, internet, mobile, & set-top box (think tivo & dvd players) platforms.
Yesterday they announced ‘Project Hydrazine’ - this will be a ‘core’ part of the programming language – included in most, if not all, JavaFX applications – its point is to “gather data on end-users activities to help developers monetize software, by selling ads for instance.”
I really thought Sun were getting it together when they started ‘open sourcing’ Java & Solaris – up until this point JavaFX was looking great – a perfect replacement for Java, Flash & Adobe’s AIR – I guess this will work out well for developers & for Google’s Adsense – just not quite so good for the users.
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