> But at the end of the day, todays Docker-based web app development delivers less than fat-client desktop app development delivered 20 years ago, as sad as that is.
You mean, aside from not having to handle installation of your software on your users' machines?
Also I'm not sure this is related to docker at all.
I actually did work in software packaging (amongst other things) around 20 years ago. This was never a huge issue to be honest, neither was deployment.
I know, in theory this stuff all sounds very nice. With web apps, you can "deploy" within seconds ideally, compared to say at least a couple of minutes or maybe hours with desktop software distribution.
But all of that doesn't really matter if the endusers now actually have to wait weeks or months to get the features they want, because all that new stuff added so much complexity that the devs have to handle.
And that was my point. In terms of enduser quality, I don't think we have gained much, if anything at all.
You mean, aside from not having to handle installation of your software on your users' machines?
Also I'm not sure this is related to docker at all.