Linux op scholen Brazili ë

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Daar kan MS dus een puntje aan zuigen (en in een soortgelijk project in
Zuid-Afika tot mijn verbazing Ubuntu ook).

Groet / Cees

Userful and ThinNetworks have been selected to supply 356,800 virtualized
desktops to schools in all of Brazil's 5,560 municipalities.

This initiative will provide computer access to millions of children and
adolescents throughout the country. It is a historical achievement, being:
the world’s largest ever virtual desktop deployment; the world’s largest
ever desktop Linux deployment, and a new record low-cost for PCs with the
PC sharing hardware and software costing less than $50 per seat.

Userful offers the features of a full PC including high performance video
for less than $50 per additional seat in large deployments (not including
monitors and keyboards) and uses standard PC hardware including additional
low-cost video cards and USB/2-way-audio hubs from ThinNetworks. Userful
and ThinNetworks are providing the desktop virtualizaton and PC sharing
software and hardware while Positivo, Daruma, and Itaultec are providing
the PCs and services. Userful and ThinNetworks have been selected in a
competitive bidding process for all three phases of the project. The first
phase, 18,750 workstations in rural schools, has already been installed
and they are functioning well.

Userful's cost saving ability to turn 1 computer into up to 10 independent
workstations enabled the Brazilian government to supply its schools with
an unprecedented number of computer workstations.

Savings of 60% in up-front costs, 80% in annual power savings and
additional savings in ongoing administration and support costs as compared
to a traditional PC-per-workstation solution all contributed to making
356,800 new workstations for Brazil's school children possible.

Desktop computers sit idle while we check our e-mail, surf the web, or
type a document. Userful's PC sharing and virtualization technology
leverages this unused computing power to create an environmentally
efficient alternative to traditional desktop computing. Up to 10 users can
work on a single computer by simply attaching extra monitors, mice and
keyboards. "This deployment alone saves more than 170,000 tons of CO2
emissions annually, the same as taking 28,000 cars off the road, or
planting 41,000 acres of trees”, said Sean Rousseau, Marketing Manager at
Userful. Turning 1 computer into 10 reduces computer hardware waste
“e-waste” by up to 80%, further decreasing its environmental footprint. A
free 2-user version of Userful Multiplier software for home use is
available from the Userful website

Project steward ThinNetworks is the exclusive distributor of Userful
solutions in Brazil. Their unique knowledge and understanding of the
challenges faced by the Brazilian Ministry of Education allowed
ThinNetworks, with the help of Userful Multiplier, to successfully install
low-cost computer labs in both urban and rural schools, where in most
cases there are inadequate and insufficient facilities.

http://www2.userful.com/

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