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This is interesting. Where are the public-facing Windows machines? I wonder if there's an opportunity in creating "Windows as a Service?" So many of us live on

by jfasi 13y ago

This is interesting. Where are the public-facing Windows machines? I wonder if there's an opportunity in creating "Windows as a Service?" So many of us live on Mac OS or Linux and only need Windows on those rare occasions when someone sends us a .docx file or when we need to access some horrible web application that only works with Java SE 1.6.36_2 running on IE.

georgemcbay 13y ago
"Windows as a Service" is essentially exactly what this is. Despite the hype I've seen in a few places suggesting this is some radical way to run Windows on Chromebooks what it actually is is a Chromebook-hosted client for VMWare's Horizon "DaaS" (desktop as a service) platform.
ld00d 13y ago
Since this is an enterprise blog, it appears this is a solution for IT departments where they can host a Windows instance on a VM on their server. The end users can then login via almost dumb terminals.
daigoba66 13y ago
http://www.browserstack.com http://www.browserstack.com, while still fairly specialized, gets you part of the way there.
jbigelow76 13y ago
>I wonder if there's an opportunity in creating "Windows as a Service?" I think Amazon Workspaces is trying to do something similar to that. http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/
dublinben 13y ago
You can do that with Microsoft's Azure. They support Windows virtual machines.
hershel 13y ago
You can do it with cloud VM's , but the problem is the startup time for a windows VM. The best i know of is ~400 seconds[1]. On the other hand, desktone(acquired by VMware) claims it can boot in 60 seconds[2], which might work for this use case. [1]http://www.slideshare.net/mingtemp/a-performance-study-on-the-vm-startup-time-in-the-cloud http://www.slideshare.net/mingtemp/a-performance-study-on-th... [2]https://twitter.com/Desktone/status/312990615229050880 https://twitter.com/Desktone/status/312990615229050880

by jfasi 13y ago

georgemcbay 13y ago

"Windows as a Service" is essentially exactly what this is. Despite the hype I've seen in a few places suggesting this is some radical way to run Windows on Chromebooks what it actually is is a Chromebook-hosted client for VMWare's Horizon "DaaS" (desktop as a service) platform.

ld00d 13y ago

Since this is an enterprise blog, it appears this is a solution for IT departments where they can host a Windows instance on a VM on their server. The end users can then login via almost dumb terminals.

daigoba66 13y ago

http://www.browserstack.com http://www.browserstack.com, while still fairly specialized, gets you part of the way there.

jbigelow76 13y ago

>I wonder if there's an opportunity in creating "Windows as a Service?" I think Amazon Workspaces is trying to do something similar to that. http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/

dublinben 13y ago

You can do that with Microsoft's Azure. They support Windows virtual machines.

hershel 13y ago

You can do it with cloud VM's , but the problem is the startup time for a windows VM. The best i know of is ~400 seconds[1]. On the other hand, desktone(acquired by VMware) claims it can boot in 60 seconds[2], which might work for this use case. [1]http://www.slideshare.net/mingtemp/a-performance-study-on-the-vm-startup-time-in-the-cloud http://www.slideshare.net/mingtemp/a-performance-study-on-th... [2]https://twitter.com/Desktone/status/312990615229050880 https://twitter.com/Desktone/status/312990615229050880