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Re windows desktop, no, it's not a complicated way of saying that. I am talking about, for example:

- ASP.NET Core backends running on anything (e.g. Linux)

- Angular or Vue frontends running on anything

- applications using SQL Server databases running on anything

- applications targeting on-prem Windows servers or VMs or, sure, Windows desktops

- data / reporting systems that interact with AAS

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Apparently I phrased my response poorly. I was responding to the narrow context of the idea that devs aren't using Azure VMs instead of Macs. I was not disputing the popularity of Azure.