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Thick desktops were ruled by Windows so if you wanted a custom application it was Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual C++, Java as desktop apps didn't seem to catc
by cube00 5y ago
Thick desktops were ruled by Windows so if you wanted a custom application it was Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual C++, Java as desktop apps didn't seem to catch on for the enterprise. Even if you tried to bring an application to the web back in the 90s you could still end up caught in the Microsoft ecosystem via ActiveX.
- Stranger43 5y agoAnd desktops were never critical infrastructure were almost exclusively talking about servers here not disposable client devices as there is no such thing as an highly available desktop/laptop. I have personally been involved in more java fat client then activeX based fake webapps, but im also not an wintel admin with an background in non-critical mid sized business applications.
- daniellarusso 5y agoDepending on the version of Windows, it may not have even had native TCP/IP support by default. Trumpet Winsock was a very important piece of software for a bit, from Windows 3 to 98. Serial ports were much more popular back then.