JavaFX ... Sun did it again

I am currently reviewing various architectures / frameworks etc for building (more – if possible) easily database backed applications.

Ideally we would like to leverage or Java knowledge (we did a lot with Java but little WEB/GUI stuff).

The idea of being able to deploy within a browser or outside is of course appealing.
So I had a look at JavaFX.

I quickly spotted the next link… http://blogs.sun.com/tor/entry/javafx_text_component . Waouw the next generation bablabla will not use text right now ! Cool ! “Forget about any business apps” for now could be on the web site banner. Know a business database apps without a single text edit?

So announcing so much, and providing so little, that reminds me how Java itself was launched (without proper GUI, no database API, even writing a file was an issue). Yes they did it again.

This is not only a technical exasperation, I cannot catch this strange blind marketing attitude !

Java is relatively standard for business software but the client side has to rely on a crappy mix of HTML/JavaScript to look a bit more responsive and stay easy to deploy?

Wouldn’t it be smart from SUN to capitalize on this market needs instead of trying to compete with Adobe Flash with an under capable product?

The latest Java runtime is much less deployed than Flash, the platform seems less capable and imply learning from scratch a new (said to be easy to learn) language.

Why would Flash developers move to this FX stuff ?
Why would Java developers move to this FX stuff ?

Well no clear replies and at this stage I give up on that one…