Companies like the one in question need to know if something will be supported. „Not discontinued“ is not good enough for them.
Dirk > Am 30.11.2015 um 18:20 schrieb Tomas Mikula <tomas.mik...@gmail.com>: > > The same blog post of Shay says that "Oracle never discontinues products." At > least not officially. So there you have that. > > Given that the biggest achievement of JavaFX 9 will be if old things keep > working in JDK 9, I wouldn't expect any new exciting JavaFX developments > coming from Oracle. > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Dirk @ Google <dlemmerm...@gmail.com > <mailto:dlemmerm...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi there, > > there has been quite a shake-up in the JavaFX community last week when Shay > Almog (Codename One) first responded to a blog of mine > (dlemmermann.wordpress.com <http://dlemmermann.wordpress.com/>) with a lot of > negative comments regarding JavaFX and its future. He then followed up with a > long blog asking the question „Should Oracle Spring-Clean JavaFX“ > (https://www.codenameone.com/blog/should-oracle-spring-clean-javafx.html > <https://www.codenameone.com/blog/should-oracle-spring-clean-javafx.html> > <https://www.codenameone.com/blog/should-oracle-spring-clean-javafx.html > <https://www.codenameone.com/blog/should-oracle-spring-clean-javafx.html>>). > > I do understand that it is often a good strategy to not comment on stuff like > this because commenting would just draw attention to it, but we have now > reached the point where potential customers are questioning the > sustainability of a JavaFX-based solution. They are now wondering if JavaFX > will still be around in a few years. In my specific case the customer demands > an answer from me and my partners within the next week, and if not convincing > they will go with something / someone else. We will loose a contract worth > around one million dollars because of one blog written by Shay with no > follow-up from Oracle. > > What is needed is an official statement from Oracle / Oracle employees / > JavaFX development team, saying that Oracle is still committed to JavaFX and > that it will still be around for a while. Can somebody please do that? > > Dirk > > >
