Posted by: DesktopOnDemand
on April 16, 2008 10:43 AM
Hi All
Just a couple of points to pick up and respond to, if I may, to this review.
Firstly, we use CentOS as the underlying basis for our platform and also user desktops and we have therefore decided to stay as close as possible to what is officially provided and maintained so as to ensure we give full focus to the stability and security of the applications we provide as part of the service.
Fwiw, off the 1000 or so people who have been trialling the service for the past month or so not one has yet come back and said that they find any particular application out of date. Well actually there was one was person who asked for Firefox 3 (which is of course still in Beta).
With regards to using DOD as a file storage system this again has been designed based on user feedback from when we had our Beta service and while not as flexible as Jungle Disk does offer a one stop solution which between all the packages and plans we offer hopefully covers most peoples needs without the complications of worrying about how much space to purchase or how much bandwidth usage might end up costing them.
One thing that is clear is that people are still finding it difficult to find their feet with Linux and while we do offer a free 28 day trial this is proving to be not long enough for a lot of people to become comfortable, particularly as it's online and not something tangible in front of them.
To this end, we will be rolling out a very cheap starter package which will provide Linux 'newbies' in particular time to get better acquainted with not only what we have to offer but what Linux can offer them in terms of usefulness and usability.
Indeed, we have already had a few devout Windows users who had never even seen a Linux based desktop come back and say how easy it all was and the fear of the unknown they had before jumping into trying DOD was unfounded and how they would be encouraging their family and friends to at least take a test drive.
All said and done, we have already shaped a lot of the service based on user feedback and will continue to do so. So to all of you out there.....keep 'em coming!
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Posted by: DesktopOnDemand on April 16, 2008 10:43 AMJust a couple of points to pick up and respond to, if I may, to this review.
Firstly, we use CentOS as the underlying basis for our platform and also user desktops and we have therefore decided to stay as close as possible to what is officially provided and maintained so as to ensure we give full focus to the stability and security of the applications we provide as part of the service.
Fwiw, off the 1000 or so people who have been trialling the service for the past month or so not one has yet come back and said that they find any particular application out of date. Well actually there was one was person who asked for Firefox 3 (which is of course still in Beta).
With regards to using DOD as a file storage system this again has been designed based on user feedback from when we had our Beta service and while not as flexible as Jungle Disk does offer a one stop solution which between all the packages and plans we offer hopefully covers most peoples needs without the complications of worrying about how much space to purchase or how much bandwidth usage might end up costing them.
One thing that is clear is that people are still finding it difficult to find their feet with Linux and while we do offer a free 28 day trial this is proving to be not long enough for a lot of people to become comfortable, particularly as it's online and not something tangible in front of them.
To this end, we will be rolling out a very cheap starter package which will provide Linux 'newbies' in particular time to get better acquainted with not only what we have to offer but what Linux can offer them in terms of usefulness and usability.
Indeed, we have already had a few devout Windows users who had never even seen a Linux based desktop come back and say how easy it all was and the fear of the unknown they had before jumping into trying DOD was unfounded and how they would be encouraging their family and friends to at least take a test drive.
All said and done, we have already shaped a lot of the service based on user feedback and will continue to do so. So to all of you out there.....keep 'em coming!
Regards
Paresh Morjaria
Defuturo Ltd (Desktop On Demand)
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