Since JServer, the product name of the Java engine in the RDBMS, is
bundled with the Oracle database, it's too early to tell how well
the Java engine is selling. Product adoption looks strong from the
announcements that I've seen, even reading between the lines, but
it's early days so we'll just have to see how things pan out.
One correction, though. The HTML that gets sent back isn't the same
as a screen refresh, since you get traffic only when you execute an
action that causes the browser to go back to the web server for a
new page. On a typical X-windows application, which is the only place
I have expertise, even moving the mouse causes network traffic. In
general, the network traffic volume will be lower for browser based
applications than it will be for "X-windows-style" applications.
The difference in traffic may be small enough to not matter, though.
In general the momentum in the enterprise software sector is toward
this sort of browser-based application, if only because there is so
much internet content that already uses browsers. That doesn't imply
that there isn't room for alternatives, but I don't see anything
dethroning the browser for the time being. (Remember, you're soaking
in it now...) |
