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On 12/30/2013 10:05 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
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>    Now, new computers are announced with Windows 8.1 plus the
>    capability to execute Android apps.

Well, Windows 8.1 isn't out yet.  And there's going to be a lot of 
Windows platforms that can't natively run Android out there for a long 
while because most people won't upgrade any time soon.

But assuming that MS has good compatibility with Android and it really 
is a complete Android system, then yes I think MS just drove a stake 
through the heart of JavaFX and JNLP.

I'd be wary of MS's predilection to embrace, extend and extinguish, but 
that's my personal bias.