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<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It is
interesting.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
tried it on one of our faster PC's and the response was a bit
slow.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But we
have a lot of activity right now also.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
suspect it will allow patrons to bypass anything a library has for
CIPA compliance.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Just
like going to a proxy bypass site.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>One
application might be a small Linux box in a Kiosk mode pointing to
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>No
more updates to do !</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=722325318-01072008>
<P><FONT size=2>R. W. (Bob) Neeper Cell:
(740)-407-3572<BR>Community Library<BR>44 Burrer Dr.<BR>Sunbury, Oh
43074<BR>Tel: (740)-965-3901</FONT> </P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> oplintech-bounces@oplin.org
[mailto:oplintech-bounces@oplin.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>JKENZIG<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OPLINTECH<BR><B>Subject:</B> [OPLINTECH] Now you can have a Virtual Computer
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en>Have you seen a G.ho.st? No,
not the backup/restore software. This is a service from Ghost Inc that
provides a web operating system to you from a web browser. The category of
service/software is called</SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> </SPAN><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS"><SPAN
lang=en-us><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN lang=en><FONT
color=#0000ff>WebOS</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en>. The idea is that you can access your virtual
desktop from anywhere that can run a web browser.</SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en>Inside this environment you can run similar things to
what you would find in Windows. You can work with media like music, video, and
office documents. It looks very similar to the standard Windows layout but
uses web software instead. It is mostly based on Open Source
modules.</SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>Check
it out at:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><A href="http://g.ho.st/"><SPAN
lang=en-us><U><FONT face=Calibri
color=#0000ff>http://g.ho.st/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Calibri>You'll get 5 gb of storage for
your files. This could be a great service to suggest to your
patrons.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> </SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim
Kenzig</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Network Manager</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cuyahoga County Public Library</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jkenzig@cuyahogalibrary.org</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>216-749-9389</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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