[OT] web/desktop dying

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On Wednesday, 9 November 2016 at 16:00:45 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
wrote:
> On 11/05/2016 02:00 AM, Joakim wrote:
>>
>> Nothing is ever "completely replaced"- somebody somewhere is 
>> still using
>> a mainframe or a UNIX workstation- but yes, PCs will basically
>> disappear, just as you never see those old computers anymore.  
>> Android
>> 7.0 has a full multi-window mode, just dock your smartphone 
>> with a
>> monitor and keyboard/mouse and start working:
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/03/this-is-android-ns-freeform-window-mode/
>>
>
> But it probably will take over anyway, because, let's face it, 
> when the fuck has being complete and utter fucking shit ever 
> stopped a computing tech from becoming a runaway success?:

I don't believe that.

Software developers need a big machine, because these days you 
have to run a bunch of VMs to get anything done. Unless we 
migrate to Cloud-IDEs, we will use PCs in the foreseeable future 
and I don't see Cloud-IDEs happening.

Office Workers who are happy with MS Office alone could use 
Android. However, there is always this old internal app, which 
barely works on newer Windows versions. It will take a few 
decades until those are replaced.

Executives could move to pure mobile and probably already did. 
Reading reports and writing emails works well already.

I believe the PC is just as tenacious as the x86 architecture, 
which is still backwards compatible over the last three decades.