Comments on: Slingshot: Desktop Apps via Rails

By: BCC

BCC — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:43:44 +0000

This is just what the doctor ordered. Web applications are great but limited; desktop apps are great (in different ways) and limited (in different ways- mainly deployment and collaboration).

And while I appreciate Flex, and Flash, Adobe generally pisses me off (don’t get me started on how many times my legit copy of Acrobat has to check its activation code in a weak, and what percent of the time it fails).

John, this is a good idea for people who don’t have closed-source code who want to have access to the advantages of offline applications. Clearly, it is not a good solution for someone who develops with a scripting language who want to keep their source closed. Might I suggest Apollo (which I am guessing uses compiled code)?

By: John Wells

John Wells — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:06:28 +0000

So, um, ok…like, I’m going to package up all my ruby code, unencrypted, and deploy it to 1000s of desktops all over the world. How is this a good idea again? Or has Joyent come up with a way to encrypt Ruby code?

By: Al

Al — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:37:13 +0000

Cool post! and yea… it’s a competition

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By: SilverTab

SilverTab — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:57:56 +0000

Yup I was thinking the same, according to their site, it will be free for anyone using their hosting service, for the rest, price are still not revealed..

From joyeur.com:
“we can safely say that Slingshot will be available for free to developers that host their Rails application on Joyent Accelerators. Other uses of Slingshot will be allowed, but we havenâ€™t finalized the pricing for those uses.”

By: Benoit

Benoit — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:41:10 +0000

If it’s linked to their hosting, this will not work. People won’t be able to test it before deciding to pay for.

By: Adam Reimer

Adam Reimer — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:30:49 +0000

Competition bites, but somehow i think apollo willl come out on top.

By: Roberto R.

Roberto R. — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:52:14 +0000

Cool. This sound really amazing. And just after apollo launch =)