[tocomment]

Wow, that's actually a really good idea. I always assume there can be no innovation left for the desktop. I've got to stop thinking that.

[stcredzero]

Algorithm for determining if there's innovation left for X. Ask yourself these questions:

    1) Are there lots of people who really want to use X?
    2) Is there something that sucks about X?

Your answer is the AND of these two.

[aaronblohowiak]

You may have a useful algorithm, but it does not determine if there is innovation left for X. It seems to be a function that determines if there is potential profit in innovating for X.

[pchristensen]

There's always innovation left for X. This algorithm determines if it's worth pursuing.

[wmf]

Such a good idea that it's been done, especially for games. (Steam, Direct2Drive, Stardock, etc.)

[skuzins]

The main difference is BaseShield's secure virtualization. It's true that there are other platforms that make downloads convenient, but none of them can automatically enforce certain behavior for the applications.

[thorax]

This was actually something we were also going to pitch to YC recently. Glad (I guess?) we didn't-- but without the virtualization layer (but lots of automatic automated testing) so we could handle real world/common apps.