The desktop is high-maintenance for the admins and low return for the software companies, compared to software-as-a-service. Nobody is going to challenge Microsoft on the desktop. The users are going to leave Microsoft for the cloud where the competitors are already waiting. With the end of Windows 7 next month, many will reevaluate their choice of platform. What advantage does the desktop still have, now that Microsoft has decided that they own your computer?
I'm not sure what that really means. The best I can gather it means "pay a subscription fee" even if you actually prefer the one-time purchase approach. It's less choice for software consumers, not more. Most customers want the option of subscription or one-time.
What advantage does the desktop still have
For "productivity oriented" applications, web interfaces still can't cut it. They are usually jittery and/or buggy, especially when browser updates come down the pike that break the Java
I have been buying dongle secured versions of any embedded development tools I think will be useful. No need to 'phone home' to use them. More and more vendors are trying to migrate people to 'the cloud' though. They really think people who do code in GUIs are going to be okay with uploading their source to 'the cloud' every time they build. Unbelievable.
The desktop is dead. Microsoft is killing it. (Score:4, Interesting)
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"What advantage does the desktop still have, now that Microsoft has decided that they own your computer?"
Yes, a much better option is to let Google own all of your company's data.
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I'm not sure what that really means. The best I can gather it means "pay a subscription fee" even if you actually prefer the one-time purchase approach. It's less choice for software consumers, not more. Most customers want the option of subscription or one-time.
For "productivity oriented" applications, web interfaces still can't cut it. They are usually jittery and/or buggy, especially when browser updates come down the pike that break the Java
Re: The desktop is dead. Microsoft is killing it. (Score:1)
I have been buying dongle secured versions of any embedded development tools I think will be useful. No need to 'phone home' to use them. More and more vendors are trying to migrate people to 'the cloud' though. They really think people who do code in GUIs are going to be okay with uploading their source to 'the cloud' every time they build. Unbelievable.
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"software-as-a-service
I'm not sure what that really means. The best I can gather it means "pay a subscription fee""
It's better known as 'licensing'. Duh.
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How is that different from before? UnDuh.
Re: The desktop is dead. Microsoft is killing it. (Score:2)
So SaaS is, um, not new.
Duh.
Re:The desktop is dead. Microsoft is killing it. (Score:5, Insightful)
What advantage does the desktop still have, now that Microsoft has decided that they own your computer?
It works when I'm not connected to the Internet? And I still own the hardware and data - unlike a cloud solution where I own literally nothing.