web 2.0 = desktop 2.0 (Score 1)

I dont believe web 2.0 is a good way to go, having desktop apps, that can query databases, and are as secure as a plain HTML web page would be so much better my case in point is google earth, it is more or less a desktop app that gets all its content online a desktop app with an internet explorer window in it can basically do everything any old web site does and more