Market Scan
The convergence of desktop, Web and mobile clients
03. December 2007
Everyone (probably including you) expects applications to become less identifiable as "Web" applications versus desktop or mobile apps, especially as Internet access becomes ubiquitous. "In one sense," says David Temkin, CTO of Laszlo Systems, "Web development is dead. Application development and Web development are all the same thing. It's all the same continuum."Today, developers are conscious of the platform differences, particularly as Ajax apps work to emulate desktop apps. It won't stay that way. Jochen Krause, CEO of Innoopract (the company behind Eclipse RAP), says, "Two years from now, the difference between 'rich Internet' and 'desktop apps' will further diminish."
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