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> Of course these days more and more of that is moving the the cloud and all IT needs to a web browser that works. Thus making their job easier. This was the p
by cogman10 2y ago
> Of course these days more and more of that is moving the the cloud and all IT needs to a web browser that works. Thus making their job easier.
This was the point I was going to make. While not completely dead, the days of desktop applications are quickly coming to a close. Almost everything is SAAS now or just electron apps which are highly portable.
Even if it's not saas or electron, the only two languages I'd do a desktop app in now-a-days is C# or Java. Both of which are fairly portable.
- maeil 2y agoThe big problem is Excel. Microsoft will make sure never to give that one up. Browser version isn't enough. I'm sure Apple has their reasons for not financing a full-fledged, compatible version, but if they would it would massively increase market share. I'm guessing it's strategic - e.g. not incurring the wrath of Microsoft or a different non-technical, non-marketshare reason. The world outside of the SV tech bubble runs on Excel.
- cogman10 2y ago2 things. 1. Excel now-a-days is mostly just an electron app. That's what the office 365 conversion was effectively. 2. MS has supported ARM platforms for quite some time now. [1] [1] https://www.windowscentral.com/office-windows-11-arm-starts-rolling-out-insiders https://www.windowscentral.com/office-windows-11-arm-starts-... [2] http://www.emulators.com/docs/abc_arm64ec_explained.htm http://www.emulators.com/docs/abc_arm64ec_explained.htm