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Re:NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract by kodfodrasz on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:37AM (#14676078)
> nobody under 40 knows how to use it.

Wow, you must be a grumpy old man, hating those youngsters. They can't even tie their shoelaces alone...

Actually I have seen some people under 40, who could use a microwave oven, use a smart phone, and some could even use desktop applications. I believe many of them can find their way around stuff outside the web browser.

Regarding developing swing apps as "use swing": I have managed to do it after reading the docs, and I'm under 40. It was actually more pleasant than using HTML+JS.

Re:NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract by Zigurd on Saturday July 01, 2017 @07:31AM (#14676627)
Sort of the opposite, really. I'm one of those old guys who remembers attempts such as Swingweb and GWT to compete with Web UI stacks.