Also, people seem to be forgetting the cache. HTML 5 apps and Google Gears apps cache data locally and Google made a point of saying the data "will sync" const

Also, people seem to be forgetting the cache. HTML 5 apps and Google Gears apps cache data locally and Google made a point of saying the data "will sync" constantly. Network PCs (at least the one I saw from Oracle) didn't have local storage at all.