It's a UI component architecture. It was orginally developed as an IDE, but people are realizing that it is the best, last hope for Java to make any inroads on the desktop for the general user. It will become more of a client-side portal. People will develop modern versions of applets to plug into it, and there will be standard "portlets" to provide a non-programmatic methods of quickly developing UIs. The advantage of a client-side portal is that it is much cheaper to run the presentation management on each client's machine rather than pay for server farms to remote manage presentation. It also allows the user to mix and match "portlets" from various sites onto a single customized page.
Although you make a good point, you are overlooking the fact that the West has had the resources of the world for the last few hundred years on which to build your high and mighty argument.
Think of the situation the communists inherited when they won the civil war. I think great strides have been made by the communist leaders in the daily lives of the average citizen of China.
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It's a UI component architecture. It was orginally developed as an IDE, but people are realizing that it is the best, last hope for Java to make any inroads on the desktop for the general user. It will become more of a client-side portal. People will develop modern versions of applets to plug into it, and there will be standard "portlets" to provide a non-programmatic methods of quickly developing UIs. The advantage of a client-side portal is that it is much cheaper to run the presentation management on each client's machine rather than pay for server farms to remote manage presentation. It also allows the user to mix and match "portlets" from various sites onto a single customized page.
Although you make a good point, you are overlooking the fact that the West has had the resources of the world for the last few hundred years on which to build your high and mighty argument. Think of the situation the communists inherited when they won the civil war. I think great strides have been made by the communist leaders in the daily lives of the average citizen of China.