>> I've yet to see a Java application for the desktop that I'd like to use.
>> They all seem to be either quite a bit sluggish, or non-standard (and
>> confusing), or both... After all these years, and with Java being
>> essentially free, you'd think there would be more good Java desktop
>> applications. I just don't see any.
>
> I think that JBuilder is written in Java and it runs quickly with only
> a longer startup time than I think is necessary.

I remember that one; it's been a few years. There's a certain advantage for
a Java IDE to be written in Java, for the language interface.

But any other application that's not a Java IDE or a Java editor or
anything Java development related? You would think that with Linux gaining
steam and Windows still on the market for the foreseeable future, something
like OpenOffice would be an ideal candidate for Java. Yet that seems not to
be coming.

Gerhard

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