[OT] Windows dying

Joakim dlang at joakim.fea.st
Sun Oct 29 23:01:37 UTC 2017


On Sunday, 29 October 2017 at 22:48:56 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 October 2017 at 22:36:04 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Sunday, 29 October 2017 at 22:29:01 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 29 October 2017 at 22:22:23 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>>>I suggest you read up on some computing history, start with
>>>> WordStar:
>>>>
>>>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordStar
>>>
>>> I fail to see how Wordstar is relevant.
>>
>> Perhaps that's why you're missing every other thing I'm 
>> pointing out too.
>>
> The fact that is currently abandon and there isn't anything 
> mobile related in the article that I just scan read? Yea, you 
> need to improve on explaining things.

I'd argue you need to improve on understanding things.  
Specifically, just as WordStar once dominated the market and is 
now dead, the same is happening to Word and Windows now.

>>> Regardless people are 0not going to use mobile in the work 
>>> place.
>>
>> If that's so, I suspect the "work place" will become 
>> irrelevant.
>>
> LOL Ok, now I know you talking nonsense.
>>> You crusade against windows OS support is pointless.
>>
>> I don't crusade against anything.  I simply point out that 
>> wasting time on a dying platform is not the best use of D tool 
>> devs' time.
> Newsflash, it's not "dying". The mobile market is NOT going to 
> single handily replace the laptop and desktop market.

It has not been fully replaced _yet_, but that is precisely what 
is about to happen.


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