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)
#2That is a very cool idea, Peteris. I wish you the best of luck!
A question, though: how do you plan to monetize it? Without a business model, it's a web app, but not really a startup.
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#3That is a very cool idea, Peteris. I wish you the best of luck! A question, though: how do you plan to monetize it? Without a business model, it's a web app, but not really a startup.
I thought the monetization was pretty obvious. I also mentioned it in the post. We're simply going to take care of your virtual machines (host them and make sure they always work) and give you awesome software to work with them!
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#4Have you seen http://www.spoon.net/? It seems very similar to the StackVM idea.
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#5The use cases are exciting, I see a lot of potential for education purposes. Good luck!
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#6Have you seen http://www.spoon.net/ ? It seems very similar to the StackVM idea.
I hadn't seen spoon.net! Now investigating!
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#7The use cases are exciting, I see a lot of potential for education purposes. Good luck!
Thank you!
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#8Nice. I'd suggest demoing Windows XP before the Linux OS - not only is it more widely recognizable but there may be more users who have old desktop XP (or 98, etc) apps that could use your software.
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#9I can see a few use-cases where this can be quite useful especially if easy to use.
To me the more interesting aspect of it is the - Complete open-source , idea-open and source-code open. For a startup looking for funding (applying to YC) , this is new, i wonder how it would gell with the investors.
Re: I am doing a startup (putting virtual machines on the web)
#10Have you seen http://www.spoon.net/ ? It seems very similar to the StackVM idea.
Thanks for pointing this out! Spoon seems to have found a nice niche in hosting up individual applications. StackVM right now is more about the entire operating system and geared towards hackers for the time being, but we may pivot into other areas. There are a lot of potential niches in this domain which is part of the reason why the problem is so exciting!