> Why limit to "Java"? Oh, please. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy And my point still stands. The majority of apps

> Why limit to "Java"? Oh, please. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy And my point still stands. The majority of apps are either front ends to web services, or can be constructed using a similar approach that we use for the web today. They are UI-heavy. I did say you should be able to drop to native code if you really need the power.