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I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)

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Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)

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Post by ydant »

jefffoster wrote: post #4

Have you seen http://www.spoon.net/ ? It seems very similar to the StackVM idea.

They poorly handle the OS requirements (both in terms of implementation and notification). I had to go into the FAQ to find this:

> Spoon currently supports Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8, Firefox 3 and 3.5, and Safari 2, 3, and 4, on the Windows platform. Support for the Chrome and Opera browsers is coming soon!

Which isn't even mentioned where you might expect - where they discuss the plug-in. If you go to any individual app in Linux (Chrome, FF3.5) you just get "this browser isn't supported".

Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)

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Post by substack »

ydant wrote: post #22
jefffoster wrote: post #4

Have you seen http://www.spoon.net/ ? It seems very similar to the StackVM idea.

They poorly handle the OS requirements (both in terms of implementation and notification). I had to go into the FAQ to find this: > Spoon currently supports Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8, Firefox 3 and 3.5, and Safari 2, 3, and 4, on the Windows platform. Support for the Chrome and Opera browsers is coming soon! Which isn't even mentioned where you might expect - where they discuss the plug-in. If you go to any indiv…

Wow I had no idea! StackVM is all html and javascript and we've taken great care to make sure it works on all browsers without any silly plugins.

Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)

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Post by pkrumins »

aquark wrote: post #25

This looks great! Any comments on how feasible Windows VMs will be to offer from a licensing perspective? Best of luck with this.

We haven't really looked yet into licensing stuff. We'll do that quite later when we get ready to start offering the service. For now we're just building the stuff up and not thinking too much about anything else.

Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)

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Post by blueberry »

substack wrote: post #24
ydant wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They poorly handle the OS requirements (both in terms of implementation and notification). I had to go into the FAQ to find this: > Spoon currently supports Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8, Firefox 3 and 3.5, and Safari 2, 3, and 4, on the Windows platform. Support for the Chrome and Opera browsers is coming soon! Which isn't even mentioned where you might expect - where they discuss the plug-in. If you go to any indiv…

Wow I had no idea! StackVM is all html and javascript and we've taken great care to make sure it works on all browsers without any silly plugins.

you might want to rethink about plugins depending on your expected audience. People who are looking for good remote desktop solutions would be OK with installing plugins. I played the game on the front page on spoon.net and there was very little lag, it was a smooth experience. People who use remote desktop would prefer smooth experience over ease of installation.
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