Phil, I'm a little contrary - it's made me a lot of money, though, so I'm inclined to continue to follow my hunches when they are strong enough and backed by enough evidence.
Things are looking rather dystopian to my eye. We used to have privacy both from other businesses and from our own governments. No more. We used to own our tools. No more -- our tools increasingly own us. Microsoft is asserting that our data is ITS data. Intuit (Quickbooks) is openly and actively squeezing its customers with endless bogus "upgrades" which don't actually upgrading anything worth upgrading. Of course - as everyone *should* know (but probably don't) - once your information is in the "cloud" you have effectively made it "open source". The IRS can audit you every day of every year -- and probably can do that as a matter of routine and without a warrant. And the leaks, and ransoms get worse every day. And my new "smart" TV thinks I am an idiot: I have no voice in getting rid of its endless, increasing forced advertising (even though I supposedly "own" the TV I certainly don't control it).
Anyway, I predict -- and I am willing to put money on it -- the cloud is only the future for idiots and consumers who are willing to be led by the nose. And they are not being led for their own benefit, obviously.
A better future is to OWN your own data, and certainly control your own software from endless, generally bogus "upgrades" which only seem to proliferate size, complexity, reliance on outside "priests", security violations, and -- of course -- bugs.
I have a sales office with maybe a dozen networked CSRS taking orders. The custom software was written in C# but the developer passed on last year. We are maintaining it in-house now but we don't fully understand it (who ever does, even if documentation is good...which it regrettably isn't). And there are more features needed as the business expands and changes. But we would have stuck with Microsoft EXCEPT Microsoft sprung fangs last year so I am not going to EVER allow an "upgrade" (downgrade, actually) to Win 10 or beyond.
Microsoft (as with Google) has suckered a lot of people, and businesses. But I'm awake now and I'm getting out.
I think you are very, very, very wrong about the desktop being dead. And Linux (well, maybe BSD) is increasingly looking like the ONLY option for businesses who don't want to be used and abused ... basically pimped out and gang raped.
Anyway, take it from me: there is a LOT of money to be made in the future providing an alternative to the dystopia which is being crammed down our collective throats under guise of "better".
Hmm. I guess that was an off-topic rant. Hope that is okay. Back on topic, there is a huge need for software which provides solid function and just works. Get off the forced farce we are all being coerced to join "voluntarily" and a lot of time and energy can be freed up to make a better business and more money.
And if Laz is solid on Linux (haven't had a chance to really check it out yet, keep in mind) or can be made to be solid than it really appears to have NO competition at the moment in the small business niche.