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Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#11

"The Spoon kernel is a lightweight implementation of core operating system APIs, including the filesystem, registry, process, and threading subsystems, completely implemented within the user-mode space, allowing Spoon apps to be executed without any device driver installation or administrative privileges." Two thoughts: 1. Wow, I cannot imagine how much work it would be to fake all the necessary Windows APIs for this…

It look Wine almost 15 years to get to the 1.0 release.

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#12
post #4

I want to know how much Spoon Studio costs so I click the buy button and it wants me to register and login? I clicked around a little more but I couldn't find the cost. Unfortunately it doesn't work on my Mac either, on my Windows machine though it was really cool to see IE6 pop up!

I heard someone say $2,395 (http://twitter.com/fowlduck/status/25408002640) but I haven't verified that myself, so not sure...

The plugin is free, however.

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#13
post #4

I want to know how much Spoon Studio costs so I click the buy button and it wants me to register and login? I clicked around a little more but I couldn't find the cost. Unfortunately it doesn't work on my Mac either, on my Windows machine though it was really cool to see IE6 pop up!

Checked it myself now. it's $2395 / user.

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#14
post #4

I want to know how much Spoon Studio costs so I click the buy button and it wants me to register and login? I clicked around a little more but I couldn't find the cost. Unfortunately it doesn't work on my Mac either, on my Windows machine though it was really cool to see IE6 pop up!

http://spoon.net/Developers/Studio-Pricing.aspx

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#15

"The Spoon kernel is a lightweight implementation of core operating system APIs, including the filesystem, registry, process, and threading subsystems, completely implemented within the user-mode space, allowing Spoon apps to be executed without any device driver installation or administrative privileges." Two thoughts: 1. Wow, I cannot imagine how much work it would be to fake all the necessary Windows APIs for this…

allowing Spoon apps to be executed without any device driver installation or administrative privileges

Isn't this what Google was looking to do with their Chrome Frame for IE? Sounds like an acquisition may be in order.

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#16
Isn't this the same group that years ago had downloadable virtualized copies of all the major browsers?

Ah, yup, it used to be http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/

http://google.com/search?strip=1&q=cache:xenocode.com%2F...

They had firefox virtualized in 2007 http://web.archive.org/web/20070810063157/http://www.xenocod...

I'm curious if they are technically allowed to distribute IE though.

I still have the old versions saved that did not need any of their "library" installed which leads me to believe that this new approach is just a control mechanism to make you visit their site.

It's a shame their IE9 doesn't work on XP though, that would be a real coup.

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#17
I have been using this for doing the browser compatibility testing. I use it on my windows machine. Its simple and works great..It worked better that IE tester. The only problem I noticed so far was, my anti virus( AVG) treats this as a virus and pops multiple messages.

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#18
post #15

"The Spoon kernel is a lightweight implementation of core operating system APIs, including the filesystem, registry, process, and threading subsystems, completely implemented within the user-mode space, allowing Spoon apps to be executed without any device driver installation or administrative privileges." Two thoughts: 1. Wow, I cannot imagine how much work it would be to fake all the necessary Windows APIs for this…

allowing Spoon apps to be executed without any device driver installation or administrative privileges Isn't this what Google was looking to do with their Chrome Frame for IE? Sounds like an acquisition may be in order.

Yep. Spoon wont last in the wild for long, if it actually delivers.

Re: Spoon.net runs any software without installing it (incl. IE6/7)

#19
post #13
post #4

I want to know how much Spoon Studio costs so I click the buy button and it wants me to register and login? I clicked around a little more but I couldn't find the cost. Unfortunately it doesn't work on my Mac either, on my Windows machine though it was really cool to see IE6 pop up!

Checked it myself now. it's $2395 / user.

At that price virtual machines sound like a steal. You could even buy a bunch of special purpose netbooks.
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