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So this DaaS is supposed to be accessed through an HTML5 client. I wonder if this will nudge Amazon into developing a web client (maybe coinciding with the end
by frakkingcylons 13y ago
So this DaaS is supposed to be accessed through an HTML5 client. I wonder if this will nudge Amazon into developing a web client (maybe coinciding with the end of the limited preview) as well so their similar DaaS product (WorkSpaces)[1] can compete with VMWare for the Chromebook market. At the moment, WorkSpaces supports Mac, Windows, iPad, Android, and Kindle Fire [2].
[1]: http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/ http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/
[2]: http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/details/#desktop-and-mobile-clients http://aws.amazon.com/workspaces/details/#desktop-and-mobile...
- noname123 13y agoYes, I hope Amazon come up with a good case for this as AWS is really designed for compute and web servers. So I don't need all of the server features like advanced NIO or support for clustered SQL servers. Just want a simple VM that I can dial down or up RAM and processing power if I want to do more complicated stuff. Awesome if they can come up with MacOS VM for iOS development; or even a optimized VM for Android development.
- _delirium 13y ago> Awesome if they can come up with MacOS VM for iOS development Unless Amazon can cut a special licensing deal with Apple, for now the only legal way to run OSX VMs is on top of OSX itself on Apple hardware. Since Apple discontinued the rackmount Xserve line in 2010, that would require a datacenter full of Mac Pro towers on shelves or something, which sounds unlikely to be appealing to Amazon.
- gigl 13y agoAmazon WorkSpaces and VMWare Horizon both use the same protocol (Teradici PCoIP), so it's likely Amazon will be able to replicate the VMWare Blast product shortly.