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Canadian company nails concept of public computing

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North Shore News; By Steve Dotto 		Mail this story
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I spent some time this week playing with and learning about the concept of public computing -- computers placed in public locations, primarily for accessing the Internet. There is a Canadian company that has really nailed the whole concept. Userful Corp. out of Calgary (www.userful.com) has a product called the Discover Station, a Linux-based computer that is designed from the ground up for public computing.

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Comments (2)

Alcibiades ·
I keep getting totally irritated by these puff pieces that they succeed in placing. The damn thing is a dog. Its overpriced, under functioned. You have to be practically next to the main machine to use the extras. The graphics cards alone make it not cost effective. Thin clients are the answer to this problem. This is a dog.
jdixon ·
Are you trying to tell us that dog won't hunt? :)

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