Read what others are saying about the Executable Internet and the need for a stronger client side infrastructure.

IBM -

Needed: next step in evolution of network computing
Companies have aggressively embraced the network-centric computing model over the last several years in order to break away from the growing costs of managing and integrating the silos of traditional client-server applications. Yet, as companies have adopted browser-based application models, freeing themselves from the costs and complexities of proprietary, segregated architectures, they are now seeing the need to supply many of their users with a richer user experience than browsers can provide..... read rest of article

InfoWorld -

Too rich or too thin
When rich-client proponents compare the Web browser to the green screen, it's meant to be pejorative. But the people building and deploying enterprise applications find deeper meaning in that analogy; the enlightened among us abandoned text long ago.

Now the rich-client missionaries, hailing from Microsoft, Macromedia, and Groove, among others, tell us it's time for the next great human/computer interface paradigm shift. The browser is for surfing; for anything serious, such as a portal or a collaborative application, HTML is as backward as a green screen.... read rest of article