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(Self-dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33840961 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33840961) If Puter/FriendOS can support legacy Windows enterpris
by 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 agoI 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 agoInteresting, now I think would Wine run in browser with WASM.