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melling on Dec 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Java 7 Update 2 now with JavaFX

Oracle is a pretty focused company. If they don't see a use for something, they'll cut it. The fact that they are shipping JavaFX and didn't cut it means it has a strong future for them and they will continue to improve it.

carey on Dec 18, 2011 [–]

What they cut here was JavaFX Script, in favour of a Java API that can be used from any of the JVM languages. As http://java.dzone.com/articles/oracle-discontinue-javafx points out, this makes it more like Apache Pivot.

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