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JavaFX 2.0, an upgrade to the Java-based rich client application environment , is due to move to a public beta phase this spring with general availability planned for later in the year, Oracle said on ...

Sun had promised that JavaFX would be open source, but a FAQ on Sun's site indicates that only parts of the RIA development family will be open source While Sun executives have said that JavaFX, the ...

A Sun Microsystems executive has provided a glimpse into the company’s future plans for open sourcing JavaFX, its recently released technology for building RIAs (rich Internet applications) for the ...

Sun Microsystems has turned up the competitive heat on rich Internet application (RIA) development platforms Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. Today it released JavaFX 1.0. For .Net developers ...

As Flash and Silverlight RIAs fade, Oracle's plan to remake JavaFX as a Java library environment could actually work Oracle is still at it, pitching JavaFX — the open source, Java-based rich client ...