No More Hard Drive: 100 Free Apps to Go Online-Only: "Why is it that despite the fact that you can do virtually anything from anywhere through the Net, most of us are still tethered to our computer because of the need for access to basic desktop software?"
(Via Digg / Software.)
The next time your net connection goes down, server gets hacked, server hardware fails, or their is a vulnerability in a server app that gets exploited exposing your data, remember me, and why I prefer to use desktop apps!