From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CUG26-00049p-FN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:58:58 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CUG25-00049V-Rd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:58:58 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CUG25-00049L-MP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:58:57 -0500 Received: from [216.254.0.206] (helo=mail6.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CUFt0-00065Z-1Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:49:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] question for QEMU users From: "John R. Hogerhuis" In-Reply-To: <41e41e7a041116170723778032@mail.gmail.com> References: <41e41e7a041116170723778032@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1100659798.1658.747.camel@aragorn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:49:58 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: jhoger@pobox.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Hetz Ben Hamo , qemu-devel@nongnu.org What would I buy? I don't know. I'd certainly buy the first item on my list below, since I've needed it in the past. But I'll answer a broader question... commercial products involving QEMU I think could work: 1. Utilties that can reliably convert an existing Windows XX image to a virtual machine image. I know this is a hard problem, but it is THE killer app for this market. EMC is just entering it, but they're targeting their marketing to corporate clients. You might even be able to build a service company around it... you take an image and adapt it to QEMU by whatever means. 2. Figure out a legal way to create and sell canned, working, licensed Windows and MacOSX images. You can do the same thing for Linux, BSD, etc. you just can't charge quite as much. 3. QEMU User + Wine running rootless windows applications under the native windowing system, for non x86 platforms. Make it smooth and polished, don't overcharge, and the Macish folk will open their wallets for you. 4. I think you're on to something with ARM based PDA emulators. Keep in mind there is wide variation between devices in this market... not quite as close knit family as Palm stuff. 5. Just make it work, box it up, print manuals, provide support, ala Crossover Office. 6. Polish the QEMU-Win32 running Knoppix zero-install, and sell it as a solution to book publishers of entry level Linux stuff. You might be able to get a small royalty off the CD in the back of the book. Ideas are a dime-a-dozen. You got a bargain this time at $.00 for half dozen. -- John.