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I do think Windows will seriously decline because of Windows 8, especially when you take into account all the other devices that now run Android or iOS. "PC's"

I do think Windows will seriously decline because of Windows 8, especially when you take into account all the other devices that now run Android or iOS. "PC's" or not, the fact remains that people are spending a lot of time on those "other" devices now, and as for what will replace it, I think a combination of all of those. I see Ubuntu becoming more popular and more consumerized, with popular games arriving for it. I see ChromeOS and Android gaining a bit of laptop market share. I see Macs gaining more market share, too. Governments and enterprises will increasingly use Linux or cloud alternatives. The point is, Windows will not have the monopoly it had for 15 years, and that's a great thing. We've been waiting for that for a very long time.

pron 14y ago
Yes, but because native applications are here to stay, so it would seem, developers are in for a world of pain: writing your software for multiple incompatible platforms. This has been going on since iOS/Android at least, but it won't get any better soon.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
  Well, at least Windows 8 embraces HTML5 as a platform. They also have a new set of "Windows Runtime" (WinRT, not to be confused with Windows RT) APIs, which are consistent across all languages you can use to develop applications for it. Even JavaScript.
- pjmlp 14y ago
  Or the pain of having to deal with HTML, JavaScript and CSS working the same way across multiple browsers and OS. I'll take native development any day.