So I've always been a big windows fan (personally) due to the fact that a lot of their development on win32 hasn't changed much in years. That said the conventional way of writing applications for years in C C++ or C# on a framework like .net may be coming to an end.
I don't want to believe it's true but unfortunately I think it might be. This article The End Of Windows
Which talks about how Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says that Windows 8 is the end of windows. Again unfortunately I think he might be right.
Windows 8 hasn't been the super popular hit a lot of people thought it was going to be. Even though it works on tablets it isn't as good as or perceived as good as other mobile device OS's. It's still too focused on personal computers and apparently more and more people don't WANT PERSONAL computers but instead want tablets and mobile hot devices.
Many of you might be saying: "Well they won't be as fast as PC's or desktop's right?"
This is technically true but as pointed out in that article it's called cloud computing. The conventional idea of downloading and installing software is becoming a moot point. Software will be locate on large servers online and with internet speeds becoming so fast people will be using and creating more and more software on the internet. Plus smaller devices are ALSO getting better hardware meaning that after a point they may have plenty of hardware themselves.
That's at least what I predict. 10 years max. Desktops will be marginally used and desktop conventional software won't be used much either. Applications like say your word processor will all be online. You will use these applications online for a fee or for free.
Then software written to install on an actual OS will be small widget programs for phones and tablets (already happening) and they too will use a lot of what they do from the internet just like a lot of tablet and phone games use now.
What do people here think?
I don't want to believe it's true but unfortunately I think it might be. This article The End Of Windows
Which talks about how Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says that Windows 8 is the end of windows. Again unfortunately I think he might be right.
Windows 8 hasn't been the super popular hit a lot of people thought it was going to be. Even though it works on tablets it isn't as good as or perceived as good as other mobile device OS's. It's still too focused on personal computers and apparently more and more people don't WANT PERSONAL computers but instead want tablets and mobile hot devices.
Many of you might be saying: "Well they won't be as fast as PC's or desktop's right?"
This is technically true but as pointed out in that article it's called cloud computing. The conventional idea of downloading and installing software is becoming a moot point. Software will be locate on large servers online and with internet speeds becoming so fast people will be using and creating more and more software on the internet. Plus smaller devices are ALSO getting better hardware meaning that after a point they may have plenty of hardware themselves.
That's at least what I predict. 10 years max. Desktops will be marginally used and desktop conventional software won't be used much either. Applications like say your word processor will all be online. You will use these applications online for a fee or for free.
Then software written to install on an actual OS will be small widget programs for phones and tablets (already happening) and they too will use a lot of what they do from the internet just like a lot of tablet and phone games use now.
What do people here think?