In the realm of IT I have worked in many different languages. Of these I feel that Java has been my favorite..... until recently.
The focus on JavaFX as some type of savior to the language is just wrong, not to mention the bastardization of Mobile Java to support this abomination. Along with this is my realization that Sun just doesn't get it with their WTK SDK 3.0 release being all in WinBlows and no ports for Un*x, Linux or Mac. Have they lost their ever loving minds?!?!
Do you think that Sun might have 1 or 2 Unix developers lurking about the halls?! How difficult would it be to make the WTK all in Java... do you think that might be an option to consider?!
While I'm no fanboy of Larry Ellison, I do respect the man, and hope that he will make the difference by allowing Mobile Java to get some of the power and BAWLS back to be an industry leading language. We have been the go to option of BlueRay, but now Flash is once again trying to butt into our market. While Flash has some potential, it's not a real programming language and thus does not have the ability to provide features and efficiencies that Java can bring to apps.
In the end I would hope Sun/Oracle would use their skills and knowledge to build and promote their tools and technologies in a way that helps the market and the industry for a long positive future, and not just to make a buck or two at the expense of the developer or the consumer and thus putting Java in a bad light to the consumer and giving Java a Jaded impression among potential users.