[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“In the same way that Visual Basic created a Rapid Application
Development (RAD) environment for Windows, RIA technology can do
the same for Linux. The Rich Internet Application (RIA) space is
new and evolving, but offers the potential for creating Linux
applications that are robust, feature-rich, browser-based, cross
platform and require no client-side installation. As organizations
rebuild applications to implement service-oriented architectures
(SOAs), now is the time for the Linux community to leverage
emerging RIA technology to make Linux a viable alternative to
Windows on the desktop…”