he, sorry for insist, but cloudfoundry already does that... and is opensource too :) at ESUG I seen James present it to deploy pharo images... so is viable :) cheers, Esteban On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Andy Burnett <andy.burnett@knowinnovation.com> wrote:

<I am merging my responses to Bernat and Stephane>

I agree that there are probably too few webdevs to make this viable - yet :-). However, we may be able to build on other people's work.

For example, I have been quite impressed by OpenShift. I wondered if someone could create a Pharo (or gemstone) cartridge. That would then give us access to the rest if their system. It might then allow anyone to set up their own system, just by using that cartridge.

Obviously, someone would need to keep the cartridge up to date etc, and maybe a first step would be to adapt the work on Harbour to make image uploading easier.

At this point, as I am sure you can tell, I am way beyond my expertise, so I am just guessing. However, it does seem as though people - such as redhat - are doing a lot if the work for us, and it could be smart to build on their structures.

Has anyone tried creating a cartridge? Or would someone like to try? I am happy to sponsor part of this, if that helps.

Cheers Andy