I can't play video games on a terminal!

I think both web-based and desktop-based applications are needed and will keep their staying power. When working on the desktop, there is no worry of Internet failure, for whatever reason, causing you to lose your work - or worse yet, lose access to it. However, with web-based applications, there's the convenience of knowing that you can create files wherever you might find internet access and places that have access (available for public use or not) are numerous. I think that we need to use both in conjunction though. MS Office is probably the best office suite out there currently as far as the interface and features go, but I would like to see the ability for it (or something similar and preferably free) to integrate online access. It would be nice to be able to access your office files and applications from on your home desktop from the road without the use of 3rd party remote connection software/services or shelling out a large chunk of change for exchange as the next best thing.