Sun sees JavaFX as a way to create interactive content with one language across devices and desktops. I think it's a bit difficult to place JavaFX in the general competitive space.

Oracle has decided to discard JavaFX Script and is instead going to supply bindings so that Java programmers can use JavaFX capabilities with the language of their choice, including Java, JRuby ...

Oracle’s open source plans for the JavaFX rich Internet application platform call for transparency and replacing any closed code with open code, an Oracle official said recently on a Java ...