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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 bet

by 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!

by sedachv 16y ago

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!