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Re: My two cents ... again and again
by Frank on Saturday 05/Apr/2008, @00:05

> My second point is that ... we already have Java.

How much market share has Java on the Desktop? Right.

> We have .Net managed code. We already have XML driven user interface. While > KDE4 is a fantastic DE, the world has already moved further to a point where
> recompilation is not necessary at all.

KDE also has "XML-driven User interface" (KXmlGUI). Of course that doesn't cover all your application, as the actual GUI is always only a tiny part of the app. And in Java, the vendor has to maintain binary compatibility as well.
E.g. you can't add a method to a public interface without breaking BC.

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