[Lazarus] The future of the Lazarus IDE

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 24 Nov 2019, Bo Berglund via lazarus wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 18:50:07 -0500, Daithi Haxton via lazarus
> <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:
>
>> For my 2 cents, keep Lazarus as an independent, native code IDE. We do instrumentation packages for manufacturing robots, and ?the Web? is simply not an option. Laz makes us at least 10x more productive than any other option (and we?ve tried other options - we still maintain code in C++ and C# using VS and it?s a nightmare compared to the Lazarus environment).
>>
>> What really scares us is that all the mainstream OSes are becoming so Web and mobile centric - the way M$ is rumbling I seriously wonder if and how they?ll support any native development in the not too distant future. Lazarus, with it?s native abilities for Linux, gives us a clear path out should M$ abandon manufacturing and the desktop in general - and we are most appreciative!
>>
>
> We are also using Lazarus for hardware related stuff with no help at
> all from the web!
>
> Now even MS is abandoning their Windows desktop applications like
> Microsoft Office....
> The latest Office 2019 seems to be the last one you can install on
> your PC and work with in the absence of the Internet, they even
> promote NOT using Office 2019 in some official pages!
> And they offer NO updates to Office 2019. Just shows where this is
> heading.

Simple: money.

If it is in the cloud, they can work with subscriptions.

No Pay = No Office.

If it is on your PC, they don't control it.


Michael.