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2005 called and want's it's arguments back. Microsoft has been moving a lot of products to the web where possible, for example Office 365.

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1998 called and told it's a mistake. Those are not 2005's arguments, those are 1995/96 ones - before MISE4 knocked on the door with Active Desktop.

Before the .NET age, Microsoft was very active with ideas about bringing Web on desktop.

That doesn't contradict anything I said.

Historically, the web version of office is not really a stand-alone product, and is designed to be a helpful feature for people who primarily use office on a Windows PC.

I think Office 365 can definitely stand alone and compare with something like Google Apps (GSuite). That many people use it in conjunction with offline Office is more a result of offline Office being the incumbent during the transition.

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