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Is SaaS Killing Native Linux App Development?

Posted by Soulskill on from the won't-somebody-think-of-the-penguins dept.

jfruhlinger writes "In a world where 'app' is the new buzzword, the development of native Linux apps is lagging. Some of this can be attributed to the usual community infighting (the latest version of which is argument about Ubuntu's Unity interface), but there may be something deeper at play: Linux advocates have for so long advocated browser-accessed software as a service as a way to break out of Microsoft's proprietary desktop. Now that this world has arrived, there's less incentive to work on native Linux apps. But of course, entrusting your functionality and data to a cloud provider like Google has its own set of concerns for free software fans."

3 of 330 comments (clear)

  1. Argument about Unity? by Chonnawonga · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is no argument about Unity. We all agree that it sucks. There is minor disagreement about the degree to which it sucks.

    Does that really stop anyone from writing Linux applications?

  2. Re:Not SaaS it's FAIB by jerryjnormandin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wrong dude. There is plenty of money to be made Native Linux App development. It's called support! I think this post is just FUD. Have you ever checked out Freshmeat.net or Sourceforge ? There are lots of new applications being developed for Linux.

  3. Or maybe Linux is everywhere and you don't notice by cozytom · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lets see, I am typing this in Linux, on my desktop at work.

    I first saw the story on my android phone, running Linux.

    There was a WiFi router that was running linux that sent it to my android phone.

    Nope, not the year of the desktop.