This relates to both.

We haven't been migrating old desktop applications, but new desktop apps
are being built in Java.

There are specific GUI issues that need to be addressed for desktop
apps. Those issues do not properly belong on this list. I will respond
privately if you want more information.

Thanks,

On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 16:04 +1000, Philip Stephens wrote:
> I find this a quite interesting post. Could I ask does it relate to server
> side applications, or client side? I realise java is very scalabe on
> servers, but is it an issue on the client?
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> TIA - Phil Stephens
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> > Java is taking over in my shop, except from the COBOL world
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> > reason that it is taking over is because Java has superior
> > tools to Delphi. By superior, I don't mean that you can drag
> > and drop them, but that the available libraries tend to be
> > more reliable and susceptible to scalable designs than
> > Delphi's RAD tools (which are mostly geared towards a single
> > user desktop paradigm).
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> > I ran comparative performance tests between the same code
> > written in Java and Delphi, specifically targeted at Java's
> > weaknesses. Java with a hotspot compiler performed within
> > 10% of Delphi on a Windows box.
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