While web services don't have similar monetization options (quite few services survive having a paywall, leaving advertisement as the only common monetization m

While web services don't have similar monetization options (quite few services survive having a paywall, leaving advertisement as the only common monetization model), the clear advantage is the cross-platform aspect. We had some discussion about this regarding Linux desktops recently: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/the_web_and_the_free_desktop/ http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/the_web_and_the_free_desktop/