That's true but the platform has come a long way since inception and you get instant integration into the CRM data and SFDC customers. It's obviously not the pl

That's true but the platform has come a long way since inception and you get instant integration into the CRM data and SFDC customers. It's obviously not the platform of choice from the developer preference side, but there can be business logic that demands it (I've seen some fairly successful startups build native SFDC apps, even contributed some code).