I guess it depends on what desktop stack you're using. It's certainly far easier to toss together a CRUD app with Rails than it is with MFC. "4GL" environments

I guess it depends on what desktop stack you're using. It's certainly far easier to toss together a CRUD app with Rails than it is with MFC. "4GL" environments like Powerbuilder make this pretty easy on the desktop too but people don't seem to use them much anymore. It's certainly a lot easier to build a multi-user app as a web app.