...proprietary formats such as PDF and Flash. PHP can also be used for command line scripting, and even for GUI-based desktopapplications - though this is unlikely to be done by anyone not already committed to PHP. Originally for procedural programming...
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/12/02/233670/hot-skills-php.htm
...system and a business application system that will include telemetry, forecasting, and workflow management, plus desktopapplications. It has put out a wide-reaching tender for IT equipment and services that includes supplying and managing...
http://www.computerweekly.com/221720
...Main Sunday Oct 26, 2008 Desktopapplications with NetBeans DesktopApplications with NetBeans One of the features...illustrate how easy and fast it is to develop desktopapplications with NetBeans, I have recorded a screencast...
http://blogs.sun.com/huubang/entry/desktop_applications_with_netbeans