You don't call a COM server component over the web just like you don't call a .NET server component over the web. The COM server component simply serves up html and other client-side stuff. Looks like you've been trying to use COM all wrong. No wonder you don't think much of it!
>web server is not the same as cloud computing

>Again, try calling a COM component over the web.

>You would use COM on a web server which can take advantage of all of that and scale as well. Still waiting for your proof...