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People are still surprised that people write software that runs on Windows, really?
by justathrow2k 13y ago
People are still surprised that people write software that runs on Windows, really?
- acchow 13y agoMoving on from Windows is taking longer than we thought, but will happen a lot sooner than you think. Most new applications live in the browser (even MS Office and Intuit Quickbooks) or on your smartphone/tablet.
- justathrow2k 13y agoShrug. No rush from my side of the room. I have found developing Windows application and web apps on the MVC .Net stack to be quite enjoyable.
- loudmax 13y agoWill the servers be running Mono instead of .Net, or are parts of the site being rewritten in a different language? What about the databases?
- dijit 13y agoI'm a unix fanboy, but I hear MSSQL is best in class, comparable with postgresql and maybe contending with oracle a little.
- jodrellblank 13y agoTo say the new MS Office lives in the browser is a bit of an overstatement. There is some support in SkyDrive and SharePoint for opening Office documents in-browser, (in some cases, I think requiring Internet Explorer), but it's feature limited. Office 2013 is very much a Windows Desktop program. And now a Windows RT App, too.
- acchow 13y agoHow about Office 365?
- jodrellblank 13y agoI don't know much about it. It appears to be a combination of hosted Exchange and SharePoint and Office Web Apps, and optionally Office desktop programs which you can launch from the cloud. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_365#Office_applications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_365#Office_app... The fact that some plans include the full desktop apps makes me think the web app versions are not intended as full featured replacements. Or at least are not that capable today.