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Windows is the foundation of their Enterprise Services, Server Products & Cloud Services, and Office Products & Services, which together (including Windows) comprise 73% of their revenue. If Windows disappeared off the face of the Earth, all of that other revenue would go with it.

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https://react-etc.net/entry/microsoft-office-rewrite-to-reac...

> Microsoft Office rewrite in React.js nears completion

Seems like even Microsoft is hedging their bets when it comes to Windows.

Interesting that people were mocking “scripting” languages when you have revolutionary stuff like openAi being developed in python.

I don’t, however, love Electron. I’ve built a couple apps myself with it, it’s just that the DOM is too slow.

If someone manages to create an engine that could remove the lag that you get when rendering and manipulating large amounts of HTML that would be fantastic. But right now it’s a subpar experience when compared to native apps.

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