> Web applications are not inherently more (or less) stable than native applications Absolutely. The browsers are extremely stable and generally don't crash. T

> Web applications are not inherently more (or less) stable than native applications Absolutely. The browsers are extremely stable and generally don't crash. The individual applications may still be bug prone but those bugs generally don't take down the system. > OS compatibility issues were replaced with browser compatibility issues Sure, but it's a much less severe problem (the potential for bugs rather than binary incompatibility) and one that developers can easily remedy based on visitor statistics without customer's having to download, update or take any action. This problem also becomes much less of a problem every day as the browsers converge on common standards.