The coming RIA wars
The thin vs. Swing wars are old news for us. We still keep reaching for desktop apps and mistakenly compare their merits vs. html or dhtml (ajax) clients.
RIAs are pretty compelling but frighteningly proprietry. I favored OpenLazlo for some time but am starting to see some apeal in Flex/Air.
This post is simply a catalog of good reads in the area. Cannon fodder, perhaps.
schematic » Flex Vs AJAX - How Forrester got it wrong