[OT] Windows dying

[jmh530]

On Monday, 30 October 2017 at 08:21:56 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> That's funny, because you're the only one using that routine.  
> I've linked to extensive data showing that Windows is already 
> dying in the thread that I gave you, specifically my first and 
> last posts in that thread.  You seem not to be able to follow 
> such links and data, as you not only don't acknowledge but 
> seemingly flatly deny the ongoing PC sales decline?  The 
> collapse is next.
>

I don't see why anyone would deny a PC sales decline, but it 
doesn't imply a collapse. I would expect more of a decline and 
then a stabilization. One reason is that the enterprise market is 
slow moving and a big component of PC sales. I dispute that the 
average white collar worker isn't going to be doing a bunch of 
work in Word/Excel/PowerPoint on a laptop or desktop ten years 
from now. Maybe twenty years from now, I don't know?

I'm not really sure what the point of all this is. I have no 
intention of doing data analysis on a smart phone any time in the 
next ten years. I don't see why anyone would. So my main use case 
for D is probably not going anywhere. And I get stuck using 
Windows at work because everything's slow moving and there's no 
way I'm gonna be switching to Linux there. The whole Windows is 
dying is too far off to be relevant to things I need to actually 
accomplish.