JavaFX Hits 100,000,000 Milestone!

I have some extraordinary news to share. As of late this evening, Sun will have shipped its 100,000,000th JavaFX runtime. Congratulations, folks! From a standing start in early December last year, JavaFX's download rate makes it the fastest growing RIA platform on the market - demonstrating the fastest adoption of any product Sun has ever shipped. The 100,000,000 milestone was reached just in time for us to announce the second phase of our JavaFX strategy, the release of JavaFX Mobile at next week's Mobile World Congress. JavaFX Mobile is a runtime identical to JavaFX Desktop, but preconfigured for gizmos with very small memory footprints (like mobile phones). With our newest partners, from Sony Ericsson to LG Electronics (and more adding every day), this should add a massive breadth of mobile runtimes to the converged JavaFX count - and create even more opportunity for Java developers. Why such a fast uptake? The Java platform continues to provide the world's most complete open source platform for a rich internet - supported by the world's largest developer community. JavaFX allows Sun to reach beyond our traditional base to creative professionals and non-coders working with audio, video and high performance graphics. And most importantly - JavaFX allows content owners to bypass potentially hostile browsers, to install applications directly on user desktops and phones. You'll see that phenomenon heat up in 20...

Date: February, 14 2009
Url: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/javafx_hits_100_000_000

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