"the number of people who purchased backup CDs and then proceeded to only use the webapp is downright distressing to me" If the web site goes away (the "you're

"the number of people who purchased backup CDs and then proceeded to only use the webapp is downright distressing to me" If the web site goes away (the "you're hit by a bus" problem) then people still have the software. Not so much for a one-person web shop.