Java or C++ for desktop applications

Help needed!
We are a team of 5 programmers in a state agency who deal with federal contracts. About 70% of the applications we build are desktop applications. One of the team members strongly believes that learning C++ instead of Java would strengthen our positions. He strongly believes that Java is not cut out for desktop applications and Java is ideal only for web applications. None of us are very familiar with C++ and so we are intending to take classes in C++. (We are all Visual Foxpro, VB group currently). I have one year of programming with Java (web applications) I still don't want to give up on Java that easily. Well my question is - Is that member in the team right in saying that Java is for web and not for desk top. Can any expert give me a good comparison and so we can move on the right track.
Thanks for the help in advance!
suman

Java can work fine for a desktop application, don't listen to him. Here's what you've got to consider:
1. Tool set: One strength of java is its strong set of standardized tools. You can probably find great sets of C++ tools too, though, but this is a major factor.
2. Speed of development: This depends somewhat on the strength and maturity of the toolset you are using, but in general, I think that java is faster to develop for 3 reasons: (1) because it smoothes over some of the inconsistancies between systems - you don't have to get as involved in the gritty details. (2) Java can often tell you exactly what line number your program is bombing, and in every case, it will give you a specific message about what kind of error you had (nullpointer, array out of bounds, etc vs 'Syntax Error') (3) Garbage collection
3. Familiarity with language: Obviously if you've got to learn something new, that takes time.
4. App performance: Java is probably going to be bigger, in terms of what has to be installed on the machine in order to run your app, and marginally slower than C++. It will almost certainly require a lot more memory to run well. Before you freak out about it being slower than C++ though, you should consider what kind of performance your app needs. If it's doing 3D rendering, C++ is probably going to be better. If most of it is UI components, and the back end processing is not that intensive, Java could be what you want

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