Actually, there's companies that do similar today.  You're just calling it stupid because you are smart enough to control your own computer.  And that's one thing I hate about this group...there are so many people who immediately call everyone else stupid because they see things a little differently.

 

You would have to price it appropriately, but I think there's a market for remote administration.  We do it for other companies - you're just talking about expanding it into the private sector.  You would have to figure out how to handle hardware problems and SLAs though...as well as internet access requirements.  And making it simple enough for the average lay user to understand.

 

On 8/19/08, Christofer C. Bell <christofer.c.bell@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:07 PM, David Nicol <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> instead of trying to make sysadmin tasks easier, why not offsource the
> administration of the subscribers to a sort of headquarters?  The company
> (KC Linux, with the kclug tux with hot brand logo as the logo) would provide
> install media which would take over the users computer and run their windows
> in a qemu window, as well as providing linux alternatives for basic
> production software.  The site owners would not have root access on their
> machines, and firewall, security updates, feature upgrades, would be handled
> by central control much as the IT department in a large organization handles
> upgrading all the workstations.
>
> The business model: subscriptions, for updated content filtering (child
> safe!) for the firewalls
>
> Added bonus:  the network of machines all around could serve as SMTP
> receivers for a filtered e-mail forwarding service, in exchange for a
> discount on the subscription.

This is the worst idea I've ever heard.  "Hi, we're going to take over
your computer and you're going to pay us to do it."  This is stupid.

--
Chris
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