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Programs are tools, not services. Web apps require servers, servers that need to be patched, updated, certificates, DDOS protection, and a number of other thin
by mikewarot 3y ago
Programs are tools, not services.
Web apps require servers, servers that need to be patched, updated, certificates, DDOS protection, and a number of other things. The apps themselves need management, and maintenance. So a "web app" is a service, no matter how you slice it.
An installed program can work for decades. My personal Wiki (WikidPad) that I run every day, is from an installer compiled in 2015. It just works. I tried to run it under Linux, where it was installed from source, and it won't work. The folks at WxWindows made a major breaking change, so none of the GUI forms/dialogs work, it just seems to work, until you need to change a setting, then it dies.
In theory, you could now create an installer that would work for the next 20 years without issue across operating systems.