Hi Tom,
It's hard to tell if PB Ultimate Suite will become obsolete or not, but definitely its usefulness will go down.
Here is a birds eye view of the UI enhancements planned for native PowerBuilder apps:
- Modern Look n' Feel for Existing Desktop Controls
- New Desktop Controls
- Mobile Application Deployment (OCX not supported)
- New Mobile Controls
Although technically speaking PB Ultimate Suite should continue to work for desktop apps for many years to come, depending on which new Desktop Controls we add it could become redundant.
Another thing to consider is if you want to create a universal project that deploys both as a desktop and mobile app, then you can't use PB Ultimate Suite since it is not supported for mobile deployment.
Hope this clears things up for you.
Regards,
Armeen Mazda
CEO, Appeon