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Eclipse Foundation的首席執行官，Mike Milinkovich, 在他的blog （中國國內無法看到他的blog）中簡單的說了一句："I could not have said it better myself. RCP rules! " Mike給出的是一個Eclipse RCP用戶寫的blog，寫出了他所認為的“為什么Eclipse RCP會rule the world?” （原文如下）

1. Web is not for everything :
   • All web based enterprise applications are failed in terms of usability
   • Web has limited flexibility in terms of adding innovative ideas; everything is limited within the JavaScript boundary
   • Even JSF+AJAX /ASP.Net+AJAX can't become a desktop alternative, unless all the browsers replace JavaScript with Java
2. .Net Smart Client Replacement
   • It has all the features of .Net Smart Client Architecture, including Update Manager and Avalon like XML based UI scripting
   • OSGi Framework based pluggable architecture
   • Unlike .Net Smart Client, it support all the available platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, etc
   • Also uses the SWT, a SWING alternative, which uses the native UI sub systems.
3. Tools and Support
   • Comes with brilliant Eclipse IDE and Plug-in Development Tools to support the RCP application development. It took us only few mints to get the Hello World done.
4. Its Java
   • world is full of java programmers, finding resources is not an issue.
5. Above all, its Free.
   • The entire Eclipse Platform, IDE, and Platform Development Tools are available as Open Source.

簡單的翻譯了一下：

1. Web 不是一切:
   • 幾乎所有基于Web的企業應用最終因為易用性的問題而失敗
   • 因為不容易加入創新的想法，Web有它的局限性；所有一切都局限于JavaScript的框框里面了
   • 甚至是JSF+AJAX /ASP.Net+AJAX 也無法成為桌面應用的替代方案，除非所有瀏覽器用Java來替換JavaScript
2. .Net Smart Client 的替換方案
   • 它擁有.Net Smart Client架構的所有功能, 包括更新管理，類似Avalon的基于XML的UI腳本設計
   • 基于OSGi Framework 的插拔士架構
   • 不像.Net Smart Client, 它支持多種平臺，如Windows，Mac，Linux，Solaris等等
   • 使用SWT, 一種SWING的替代方案, 但是使用原生的UI
3. 工具和支持
   • 來自于Eclipse IDE并且有Plug-in Development Tools來支持RCP的開發. 我們只用了幾分鐘就建立了一個簡單的Hello World
4. Java的
   • 有很多的Java工程師, 尋找資源也不是一件難事
5. 最后一點：免費的.
   • 整個Eclipse平臺，IDE，PDE工具，都是開發源碼的。

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