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I don't think Microsoft sees a future in Windows. Their current strategy seems to be one of extracting as much value from it as possible until it dies.
by usrn 4y ago
I don't think Microsoft sees a future in Windows. Their current strategy seems to be one of extracting as much value from it as possible until it dies.
- singhrac 4y agoReally? I think Windows is in the best state it's ever been... WSL is incredibly nice to use as a development platform, and many well-designed apps have a Windows version ever since Electron started becoming the de facto standard.
- usrn 4y agoSo Linux/GNU is a great dev environment and Electron is the standard for building apps. Tell me how exactly you think this means Windows is a healthy platform?
- singhrac 4y agoHmm, I guess you must mean that the native Windows development environment (i.e. .NET/Windows App SDK) isn't very developer friendly; I'm afraid I don't have any idea or how to compare it to Swift or Cocoa. As a user, though, I have better access to software and tools than ever before!
- sgjohnson 4y agoI'd argue that the quality of software on Windows specifically has decreased significantly since the rise of Electron.
- sgjohnson 4y agoElectron is a steaming pile of garbage and I wish it a swift and sudden death. Electron "apps" aren't apps. They are glorified webpages.