title: The future of web-development (RIA vs. traditional HTML)
body: <p>How do you see the future of the web development? will HTML, CSS and Ajax continue to lead the web-development or do you see a shift towards Rich Internet Applications (flex, silverlight &amp; JavaFX)?</p>
  
  <p>I am not looking for a clear cut answer, and I know you are programmers and not prophets, but a smart analysis of how do you see the current trends in web-development would be appreciated. Links to such debates on the web are also most welcome.</p>
  
  <p>I am asking this question since we are now evaluating technologies for a complete rewrite of our GUI. Since it's a relatively big (actually huge) product, we tend to do things slow. We need to consider where do we see the web is going to.</p>
  
  <p>I am interested in the near future (3-5 years from now). </p>