Let's face it, Linux should not try to win the battle for the desktop.
That is kind of a narrow view in regards to today's architectures.
I think another way to look at is once you have a nice backend with a good API you can then build:
* A desktop app
* A web-page
* A command line utility
* An SDK in a number of languages or frameworks.
How pluggable any of those are is another axis. You can make it monolithic or make it so you can plug in functionality. Plugins are harder than it seems to get right, and so is a good stable API.
Think about Android, are some of the native apps that just deliver HTTP REST-ful requests back and forth really a Desktop app or closer to a single page app. Maybe there is nothing to win on the Desktop anymore.
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That is kind of a narrow view in regards to today's architectures.
I think another way to look at is once you have a nice backend with a good API you can then build:
* A desktop app
* A web-page
* A command line utility
* An SDK in a number of languages or frameworks.
How pluggable any of those are is another axis. You can make it monolithic or make it so you can plug in functionality. Plugins are harder than it seems to get right, and so is a good stable API.
Think about Android, are some of the native apps that just deliver HTTP REST-ful requests back and forth really a Desktop app or closer to a single page app. Maybe there is nothing to win on the Desktop anymore.