>>p.s. we are constantly flooded with requests for LAN type desktop apps. Those outweigh the web type app requests easily 3 to 1.

In our market - small to medium sized businesses it's more like 10 to 1 for desktop.
Now that US business has ticked upward, the demand is increasing daily.
The web and device apps the clients want are primarily for query and light data entry.

I do see a movement to move server infrastructure to the cloud underway, but that won't affect the desktop apps materially.