Hi Norman,
I had the similar idea as well - what I most like to program are standalone windows applications.
I think it is still possible to get rich on that space, but maybe harder as it was before, since there is a global trend of using standalone apps less and less. I remember, how in the past I was keen to download and play with shareware software, but I virtually stopped doint that. First, I try to minimize the number of software apps I depend on and try to move on the web, and secondly, I don't already trust the apps from unknown companies (that they don't contain spyware etc.).
So this I think is a disadvantage - the market is very saturated and at the same time there is a trend to move standalone apps to web. But of course there is still a room. As funny as it might sound, I still don't know any really great POP3 client, there is also no clear winner in RSS readers, etc.
In my opinion, if you don't like web applications, the biggest opportunity is in the mobile apps. First, not enough apps exists for mobile phones yet, and secondly, many kinds of apps which didn't have a point in desktop are very useful in a mobile phone.
I think it is still possible to get rich on that space, but maybe harder as it was before, since there is a global trend of using standalone apps less and less. I remember, how in the past I was keen to download and play with shareware software, but I virtually stopped doint that. First, I try to minimize the number of software apps I depend on and try to move on the web, and secondly, I don't already trust the apps from unknown companies (that they don't contain spyware etc.).
So this I think is a disadvantage - the market is very saturated and at the same time there is a trend to move standalone apps to web. But of course there is still a room. As funny as it might sound, I still don't know any really great POP3 client, there is also no clear winner in RSS readers, etc.
In my opinion, if you don't like web applications, the biggest opportunity is in the mobile apps. First, not enough apps exists for mobile phones yet, and secondly, many kinds of apps which didn't have a point in desktop are very useful in a mobile phone.