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It will be cool if individual applications can be exposed via VNC and each mapped to its own URI. We can see some seriously interactive apps (maybe killing Flas

It will be cool if individual applications can be exposed via VNC and each mapped to its own URI. We can see some seriously interactive apps (maybe killing Flash at the same time!)

sedachv 16y ago
That can be huge for virtualizing legacy applications. A few months ago I was going to build a similar web app, but with X11 (legacy X sucks, but XRender is better than VNC for this IMO), and with the virtualization/"web-enabling" back-end infrastructure to use for an application at work. That didn't pan out, but I think making an easy to use, easy to manage web-app virtualization backend is a big opportunity. Having this VNC client available provides the web-browser half of the solution. I have a few hours a week available, anyone want to work on this idea together?
- aaronbrethorst 16y ago
  You just about described Skytap Cloud to a 'T'. Although, it does do a lot more than just that. Check it out at http://skytap.com http://skytap.com. (note: i was their sr. program manager and primary ui developer from 2007-2009).
  - sedachv 16y ago
    That goes way beyond my idea, which would make sense, since the Skytap target market is a lot larger and more profitable than what I was thinking of. Kudos to them. I'd like to hear more about how they got started - are there any articles or interviews you can recommend?
    - aaronbrethorst 16y ago
      Sure thing: Series A, stealth mode: http://www.npost.com/blog/2007/06/04/interview-with-david-richardson-founder-of-illumita/ http://www.npost.com/blog/2007/06/04/interview-with-david-ri... http://www.nwinnovation.com/interview_with_steve_brodie,_illumita/s-0010800.html http://www.nwinnovation.com/interview_with_steve_brodie,_ill... http://www.seattlepi.com/business/327068_illumita10.html http://www.seattlepi.com/business/327068_illumita10.html Launch: http://virtualization.com/news/2008/04/10/illumita-renames-itself-to-skytap-launches-skytap-virtual-lab-and-appoints-scott-roza-as-ceo/ http://virtualization.com/news/2008/04/10/illumita-renames-i... Series B: http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/16/cloud-computing-firm-skytap-scores-7m-more-from-ignition-madrona-wrf/ http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/16/cloud-computing-fir... http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/03/Skytap_taps_7_million_41218827.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/03/Skytap_taps_7_milli... Regarding the founders: Dave Richardson went back to school to finish his Ph.D. Hank Levy is now the Chair of the Computer Science department at U of Washington. Brian Bershad is now the Site Director for Google in Seattle.
      - sedachv 16y ago
        Cool. Thanks for the links!

It will be cool if individual applications can be exposed via VNC and each mapped to its own URI. We can see some seriously interactive apps (maybe killing Flash at the same time!)

sedachv 16y ago

That can be huge for virtualizing legacy applications. A few months ago I was going to build a similar web app, but with X11 (legacy X sucks, but XRender is better than VNC for this IMO), and with the virtualization/"web-enabling" back-end infrastructure to use for an application at work. That didn't pan out, but I think making an easy to use, easy to manage web-app virtualization backend is a big opportunity. Having this VNC client available provides the web-browser half of the solution. I have a few hours a week available, anyone want to work on this idea together?

aaronbrethorst 16y ago
You just about described Skytap Cloud to a 'T'. Although, it does do a lot more than just that. Check it out at http://skytap.com http://skytap.com. (note: i was their sr. program manager and primary ui developer from 2007-2009).
- sedachv 16y ago
  That goes way beyond my idea, which would make sense, since the Skytap target market is a lot larger and more profitable than what I was thinking of. Kudos to them. I'd like to hear more about how they got started - are there any articles or interviews you can recommend?
  - aaronbrethorst 16y ago
    Sure thing: Series A, stealth mode: http://www.npost.com/blog/2007/06/04/interview-with-david-richardson-founder-of-illumita/ http://www.npost.com/blog/2007/06/04/interview-with-david-ri... http://www.nwinnovation.com/interview_with_steve_brodie,_illumita/s-0010800.html http://www.nwinnovation.com/interview_with_steve_brodie,_ill... http://www.seattlepi.com/business/327068_illumita10.html http://www.seattlepi.com/business/327068_illumita10.html Launch: http://virtualization.com/news/2008/04/10/illumita-renames-itself-to-skytap-launches-skytap-virtual-lab-and-appoints-scott-roza-as-ceo/ http://virtualization.com/news/2008/04/10/illumita-renames-i... Series B: http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/16/cloud-computing-firm-skytap-scores-7m-more-from-ignition-madrona-wrf/ http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/03/16/cloud-computing-fir... http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/03/Skytap_taps_7_million_41218827.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/03/Skytap_taps_7_milli... Regarding the founders: Dave Richardson went back to school to finish his Ph.D. Hank Levy is now the Chair of the Computer Science department at U of Washington. Brian Bershad is now the Site Director for Google in Seattle.
    - sedachv 16y ago
      Cool. Thanks for the links!