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Does't "apps" mean "applications"... I have always called them that
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To me apps are small programs that almost always take a fraction of the time or skill to produce versus a full desktop application. As a programmer who writes desktop applications using the term "app" for my software I would consider derogatory.
John
modified 17-Feb-14 13:51pm.
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We are talking about the use of the word "app" in the survey title. It has nothing to do with how you personally jump to judgement over the use of a word rather than bothering to consider what somebody might mean when they use that word.
If somebody said "oh I bet that desktop application was knocked up in very little time and took very little skill" then fair enough, take it as an insult. But if you take offence by somebody using the word "app" then that's just a bit silly in all honesty.
Not to mention I have wrote plenty of desktop applications that have taken a fraction of the time and skill that would be involved in some of the more well-developed apps you might find on mobile marketplaces. It goes both ways.
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I write code for salary, oh here cash refers to salary or what?
thought both has different context 
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It's quite likely that the poll writer was canadian, e.g. you have to read it with that background. I guess in Canada (and the US) cash also refers to money, or salary.
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Marco Bertschi wrote: I guess in Canada (and the US) cash also refers to money, or salary
Being a USian of Canadian descent, I disagree. I took "cash" to mean things I produce to sell on my own -- not for an employer, nor under contract.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I took "cash" to mean things I produce to sell on my own -- not for an employer, nor under contract.
Being neither USian nor Canadian I was just doing guesswork.
Another thing learnt.
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I think cloud / web / SaaS is the largest platform available today. I would have voted for it, if it was on the list.
It's crazy how we have changed the definition of an 'App' nowadays. I always thought App means Software (but sounds cooler since Apple has popularized it). 
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Rutvik Dave wrote: It's crazy how we have changed the definition of an 'App' nowadays. I always
thought App means Software (but sounds cooler since Apple has popularized it).
Yes, every word becomes much cooler when everybody and his dog use it in any correct or incorrect context. The peak of coolness is reached as soon as the marketing drones smear the word all over the place. In this case it's not even a word. It's just a something like a grunt.
The marketing drones were quite successful in making 'app' the short form for 'primitive little program that runs on a toy device and usually serves no purpose' *. It's like calling someone's horse a donkey.
Edit: * Which is also the reason why buyers are willing to pay a buck or less for it.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
I hold an A-7 computer expert classification, Commodore. I'm well acquainted with Dr. Daystrom's theories and discoveries. The basic design of all our ship's computers are JavaScript.
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Not missing at all - Custom/Niche covers it.
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Um... I don't think so...
Custom/Niche option is meant for small and very specialized sectors.
i.e. Automation Industry, Medical Equipment etc..
IMO We can't even consider 'Others' option for the Web. It deserves its own category.
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