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Everyone wants to kill Java. But what do you use for a rich internet client then?

At one time we thought Silverlight might be a good candidate. Dead now.

At one time we thought Flex could be a candidate. Dead now.

So what then to replace Java Web Start apps that download, install, self-update, and run like native installed apps?

UWP - Too phone centric! Cannot support multiple monitors, etc. Not to mention - windows 10 only...

HTML5 - You're smoking something. HTML is not a desktop application platform to replace installed apps. Not even close.

So we are stuck with it. Thankfully, JWS is not "Advanced" deployment (at least yet). Waiting for Larry to make it so... Yeah.