What about WAN boot + SaaS?
For example: 1. Sign up for an account (like cell phone), with license to use an OS (e.g., Win7), some native (non-web-based), proprietary software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop), and an online storage (e.g., 10GB). 2. Boot up a machine over WAN using the OS signed up for. 3. Run the native software on the machine (not on server) (application streaming). 4. Store user data on the online storage. 5. Pay for the OS, the Software, and the Storage by month (the SaaS model). Hsuanyeh ________________________________ From: Richard Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> To: L-blu Unix <discuss@blu.org> Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 3:02:33 PM Subject: Network OS Installs On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote: > > Pardon that this may be a bit off topic, but I came up with an idea of > booting > an OS (e.g., Win7) over the internet and pay for software license like utility. > If one needs to upgrade from one OS (say Win7) to another OS (say Win8), then > simply reboot would do. Network boot is not a new idea. Sun was doing it 30 years ago. I don't see it working well for Windows but that is because of the way Windows and the Windows Installer function rather than the concept of network boot. --Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
