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This is cool... but what is the business? It's a good domain name & they have a careers@puter.com email address (if you click on the i in the bottom right)

rchaud 4y ago
There's a dev environment app in there. I think that's what they're selling.
- noduerme 4y ago
  which has almost no API calls except accessing files stored in their cloud drive. Other than that, your apps are just plain JavaScript running in a window inside their window. So it appears more like a very goofy way of selling overpriced cloud storage and trying to entice developers to build an ecosystem around that.
pr337h4m 4y ago
(Self-dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33840961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33840961) If Puter/FriendOS can support legacy Windows enterprise apps not updated in over a decade and adds collaboration, SSO, 2FA, access controls, VPN/intranet, etc. - basically what FrontEgg (https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/28/with-40m-in-new-funding-fr https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/28/with-40m-in-new-funding-fr...) offers - on top on them, it could be a pretty great business. This is a great illustration of this type of business: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20120326 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20120326. A lot of customers totally need, not just want, this type of thing. Puter/FriendOS type systems can graft upon some modern features on top of all legacy apps, which is far far better than having to build it out for every single one. Especially as the market lies more in the long tail of the custom software tailed to specific companies, that has been chugging along for 15 years in maintenance mode.
- austin-cheney 4y ago
  I wrote my own OS in a browser based upon network shared file systems via a privacy model but I haven’t figured out kind of a business model for it. https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-systems https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-systems I am trying to think of where to take it next. Possibly integrate something like VLC for media playback or allowing users to install applications. I don’t really know what users would want from something like this.
- imhoguy 4y ago
  Interesting, now I think would Wine run in browser with WASM.
exceptione 4y ago
I was thinking this is super nice, but just a toy project. But I saw there is even funding and the author is hiring. So, it is serious. I think this will be an enormous commercial success, because I tend to misjudge these kind of things. :') I am impressed by the slickness and speed of this thing. It is more responsive than your average MS Windows system. @ent101: well done and good luck with this project! Super slick!

rchaud 4y ago

There's a dev environment app in there. I think that's what they're selling.

noduerme 4y ago
which has almost no API calls except accessing files stored in their cloud drive. Other than that, your apps are just plain JavaScript running in a window inside their window. So it appears more like a very goofy way of selling overpriced cloud storage and trying to entice developers to build an ecosystem around that.

pr337h4m 4y ago

(Self-dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33840961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33840961) If Puter/FriendOS can support legacy Windows enterprise apps not updated in over a decade and adds collaboration, SSO, 2FA, access controls, VPN/intranet, etc. - basically what FrontEgg (https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/28/with-40m-in-new-funding-fr https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/28/with-40m-in-new-funding-fr...) offers - on top on them, it could be a pretty great business. This is a great illustration of this type of business: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20120326 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20120326. A lot of customers totally need, not just want, this type of thing. Puter/FriendOS type systems can graft upon some modern features on top of all legacy apps, which is far far better than having to build it out for every single one. Especially as the market lies more in the long tail of the custom software tailed to specific companies, that has been chugging along for 15 years in maintenance mode.

austin-cheney 4y ago
I wrote my own OS in a browser based upon network shared file systems via a privacy model but I haven’t figured out kind of a business model for it. https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-systems https://github.com/prettydiff/share-file-systems I am trying to think of where to take it next. Possibly integrate something like VLC for media playback or allowing users to install applications. I don’t really know what users would want from something like this.
imhoguy 4y ago
Interesting, now I think would Wine run in browser with WASM.

exceptione 4y ago

I was thinking this is super nice, but just a toy project. But I saw there is even funding and the author is hiring. So, it is serious. I think this will be an enormous commercial success, because I tend to misjudge these kind of things. :') I am impressed by the slickness and speed of this thing. It is more responsive than your average MS Windows system. @ent101: well done and good luck with this project! Super slick!