Cloud computing - desktops with virtualbox and video streamed?

[quadomatic]

I had this idea a while ago, but...

Has there been any company trying a cloud based os system, where people have virtual linux systems on a server somewhere? These systems would be delivered over an internet connection with streamed video to the desktop and input coming from the client side computer.

I wonder how feasible it would be for someone to mess with source code to get this working.

 

[Crusty]

Tons of providers for Cloud based computing, but what you are looking for isn't really applicable to cloud computing, you want just a standard VPS from any number of providers. Any OS you can put on those you can install a VNC type solution to get access to the desktop if you really wanted to.

Some companies even offer Windows XP virtual machines.