Last week I read this blog entry on Rich Internet Applications. It gives a good overview of RIA including a brief history. But even considered that they are promoting Flex I think Java deserves better. Its true that the footprint of JVM is higher, but that is not always an issue. (Read RIA as Rich Intranet Applications and suddenly Java is a valuable choice). And not every application needs multimedia integration. And access to the world of J2EE, fully-featured IDE, which are mentioned as advantages of Flex come naturally with Java.

For instance, UltraLightClient, a Swing based UI library, let one easily create THIN rich clients with Java. And faster. And on the server side. Without thinking a lot about the client-server split.

Basically my point is: There is no one fits all solution for RIA. Choose the technology which fits best for the actual requirements.

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