Hi, The following was sent to me on the Ubuntu DC LoCo mailing list, and I thought it might be of interest to some on these lists. ____________________________________________________
PRESS RELEASE: Userful and ThinNetworks Announce the World's Largest Desktop Virtualization Deployment - 356,800 Green Workstations Calgary, Canada, and Brasilia, Brazil - February 17, 2009 -- Userful and ThinNetworks today announce that they have been selected to supply 356,800 virtualized desktops to schools in all of Brazil's 5,560 municipalities. More at: http://www2.userful.com/company/linux-desktop-virtualization About Userful Userful is the industry leader in desktop virtualization and multi-station Linux computing: the low-cost, high-performance alternative to thin clients. Userful's powerful software transforms standard PCs to support up to 10 simultaneous monitors, keyboards and users, and manages them all at once through a central website. Privately held and founded in 1999, Userful launched their flagship product in 2003 and was recently named Alberta's 10th fastest growing company under $20 million in revenue. A free 2-user version of Userful Multiplier software for home use is available from www.userful.com/free-2-user . Userful software is used in over 100 countries, and is bringing affordable green desktop computing to millions of users worldwide. http://www.userful.com/ -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
