Comment by raincole

The funny thing is that Joel Spolsky predicted most of it 20 years ago[0]:

>> Jon Udell found a slide from Microsoft labelled “How Do I Pick Between Windows Forms and Avalon?” and asks, “Why do I have to pick between Windows Forms and Avalon?” A good question, and one to which he finds no great answer.

And:

>> Which means, suddenly, Microsoft’s API doesn’t matter so much. Web applications don’t require Windows.

What he didn't see is, however, Azure would become the money printer for Microsoft and made all these no longer matter.

[0]: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost...