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From: Tom Davney on 20 Jun 2010 14:32 On Jun 20, 10:44 am, Craig <netburg...(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: > This is a webservice. Although in Beta now, they claim it will remain > free. Works on xp/vista/w7 32- and 64-bit. > > The reason I'm posting this is it shows a lot of the same principles of > community, "many eyeballs," and even mobbing that open source and social > networks like twitter depend on. I can't recall such a direct, > for-profit play incorporating these elements before. > > For an comprehensive description of how it works (& how the company > plans to monetize it), check out the NYTimes article listed at the end. > > > > > What is Soluto Beta? > > > Soluto Beta allows you to understand your boot, discover which > > applications are slowing it down (and keep running later in the > > background, affecting your ongoing experience), and allows you to > > significantly improve it. While Soluto Beta focuses on the boot, it > > already researches for frustrations and helps map the PC Genome, and > > allows you to share your wisdom with others. > > <http://www.soluto.com/Download/> > > <https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/20novel.html> > > -- > -Craig Craig,I just used Soluto and they showed me how to shave 28 seconds off an XP OS with about thirty applications. FYI, it looks nice. |