Comments on: YCombinator Startup Creates A Better Download App Store For Windows (BaseShield)

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[...] people were yearning for this type of tool when marketing the BaseShield App Store, essentially an app store for Windows apps. The company aims to make money off Ninite by offering premium features like local download [...]

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[...] YCombinator Startup Creates A Better Download App Store For Windows (BaseShield) – Write-up of a company creating an online app store for Windows applications that run in a sandboxed virtualization layer with granular controls to keep the software from accessing unapproved local resources. This is pretty much exactly what we had planned for the future of Konfabulator and the Yahoo! Widget Gallery. [...]

By: Aleksey Korzun

Aleksey Korzun — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:34:59 +0000

Oh wait, ‘Poll Everywhere, a Y Combinator company’, same funding as the guys in this story? No surprise there.

*pets Sean*

By: Aleksey Korzun

Aleksey Korzun — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:31:04 +0000

Thank you Sean, let’s discuss my web site from 2004 because of my criticism of this story. Grow up please.

By: greencard

greencard — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:08:46 +0000

Why this web site do not have other languages support?

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:14:12 +0000

Microsoft already has a product that is mature and does this exact thing (and much more) for the enterprise market. It’s called Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly known as SoftGrid). Sadly, it would take Microsoft a weekend to enable their product to function as a “store” for consumers… which kind-of kills the whole luster of BaseShield.

By: Salahuddin Choudhary

Salahuddin Choudhary — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:26:51 +0000

I like the Apple style intro, complete with the curious background music!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:13:58 +0000

S * N * O * R * E

Seriously — a software download store? That doesn’t have software anybody wants? Wow: it runs in a sandbox, kinda’ like every Flash and .NET and Java application are supposed to. Of course, Adobe and MS and Sun all opened their sandboxes because completely sandbox’d apps are annoying. Maybe if YCombinator brought in people with a little experience, one of them may have closed a meaningful software licensing agreement but they don’t do that.

Anybody else getting the vibe that the whole YCombinator scene is a little stale and the companies all kinda’ look the same?

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:54:34 +0000

If done right it can be very successful. Steam is an excellent example. (Successful, but not done right).

By: gmoney

gmoney — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:48:15 +0000

Yep : “well known leading private e-content management agency”. no shit.

By: Ivan Kirigin

Ivan Kirigin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:37:21 +0000

Each techie has a responsibility to tell their parents and grandparents about this. Word of mouth is the best and probably the only way to reach those that need it most.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:08:46 +0000

I think a lot of people are overlooking a key part of the app store business model. This probably isn’t going to become the de facto standard way to get your copy of Office or Photoshop. But for small time developers that don’t have an existing distribution channel this could be a godsend. If BaseShield can create a centralized system to allow people to buy software from small developers (and skim a little off the top) I can see this being seriously successful.

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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:05:40 +0000

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By: sopharine

sopharine — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:36:19 +0000

This is so old-fashion…
YCombinator must be having so much money to waste

By: roman

roman — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:09:50 +0000

could possibly…. be useful.. i’ve tried using sandboxie before but gave up.. just be smart about what u download.. however, running the BROWSER is sandbox mode is a GREAT idea.. this site has some innovation to it..but nothing that can’t be easily replicated

By: Mack D. Male

Mack D. Male — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:29:48 +0000

Is there demand for this? Like others have said, sites like Download.com had similar ideas many years ago (minus the sandboxing).

Besides, the first security vulnerability can’t be far off!

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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:34:48 +0000

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By: SimonR

SimonR — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:10:36 +0000

Great job, guys! Your sandboxing tech is well above competition, can’t wait to try this out.

By: S Feather

S Feather — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:26:33 +0000

Requires a reboot to uninstall.
Didn’t require a reboot to install.

By: D. Andrews

D. Andrews — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:05:14 +0000

YCombinator typically only takes a small percentage (< 10%), and serves as an incalculably helpful resource for its participants.

By: Zaid

Zaid — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:07:48 +0000

“Ask them to break down percentages. What paul owns, what paul gets for forwarding them to real VCs, finders fees, admin fees, etc.”

Sorry to disappoint you but the reality is a lot simpler: they take between 2-10%, generally ~6%, just like it says on their website. Nothing less, nothing more.

You are hearing this from someone who has signed the dotted line.

By: MetricsMan

MetricsMan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:06:14 +0000

Why do I care about this? Any software I buy, I buy from legit providers and trust their digital download — so I don’t need no stinkin’ sandbox. From the looks of it, it appears apps have to be made FOR this platform… or something done to support it. Good luck with that.

I see no value here unless you want to download a bunch of little crap from no-name’s.

By: CBass

CBass — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:50:30 +0000

Agreed. Calling this an App Store is just wrong on many levels. The headline police should have pulled this one over before before it got out.

By: YCombinator発のスタートアップが作成したウィンドウズ向けダウンロード販売サイト（BaseShield）は、Microsoft Storeを超えるか

YCombinator発のスタートアップが作成したウィンドウズ向けダウンロード販売サイト（BaseShield）は、Microsoft Storeを超えるか — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:47:27 +0000

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By: Robert McLaws

Robert McLaws — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:38:32 +0000

This is not really any more innovative than Steam or Stardock’s system or any other app downloader. And I take issue with the whole “Microsoft Store” argument. They never said it was an app store, they said you could buy Microsoft products. When you can figure out how to digitally download a Zune player, THEN you’ll have something innovative. If they just have open source apps and not mainstream applications, they won’t get any traction.