Sure, and what's your plan to replace the webapp? Remember, webapps replaced desktop distribution because they: • Work on all platforms • Run without installa

Sure, and what's your plan to replace the webapp? Remember, webapps replaced desktop distribution because they: • Work on all platforms • Run without installation • Provide a quick development and update cycle So whatever you'd like to replace the webapp with has to do at least _some_ of those things better. And unless it rolls out to nearly everyone who already has access to a web browser, you're going to be competing with the imperfect but "good enough" platform. Further – the author criticizes open standards because they're not perfect. Sure, no one will be implementing the full HTML5 standard from scratch, and there's a lot of waste in what the W3C produces. But what's your proposed alternative? A return to closed, vendor-proprietary UI frameworks and DLL interfaces?