Google| Subject | Re: Advocacy |
| From | Steve Carroll |
| Date | 2017-09-07 02:21 (2017-09-06 17:21) |
| Message-ID | <10eb3476-51d2-469d-9223-afb0ebd6bb8a@googlegroups.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Follows | Melzzzzz |
| Followups | F. Russell (31m) > Steve Carroll |
On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 5:58:23 PM UTC-6, Melzzzzz wrote:
MelzzzzzMost of us are old enough to know that you once *had* to have a full blown, "traditional desktop" computer to run software, but those days are long gone. For the kinds of things the "average user" of a computer once did, those things (and more) are now more easily accomplished with a device that fits in their shirt pocket. From a purely technical point of view, Feeb is right... but his view is irrelevant as it was the "average user" who drove the software industry. Were it left to Feeb's archaic idea of 'computing', we'd see none of the fine software products that we can all now enjoy. Glasser is stuck in a similar bubble, a decade or two down the road. There is relatively little innovation on the desktop now, the vast majority of it has moved to the cloud, where products like a Chromebook will be 'good enough' for people who only care about or only have enough money to upgrade their phone regularly, their computer doesn't need to be updated nearly as much now... if they even have a computer.
On 2017-09-06, Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com>wrote:Steve CarrollMelzzzzz
On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 5:49:12 PM UTC-6, F. Russell wrote:F. RussellSteve Carroll
On Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:14:28 -0700, Steve Carroll wrote:Steve CarrollF. Russell
... and everyone knows that 9 out of 10 web developers choose... as do those in the server crowd who haven't been strong armed by MS tactics...
Web developers? Servers?
Yeah, you know, that segment where a sh*t-ton of activity is going on with computing... and has been for the last couple of decades.
(snip more 'one true God' drivel)
Yeah, seems that classic desktop applications are dead. You write server code and app works anywhere there is browser ;)
2017-09-06
