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@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@ -<<<<<<< HEAD:README -Lucas Ferreira GSOC 2010 Project -======= -Lucas Ferreira GSOC 2010 project ->>>>>>> 2cf2b4363c84d5ab5e2b57ee1698f4df459594e1:README + Usbseat + +This is a fully plug-and-play multiseat solution that uses the Plugable's +Docking Station with Video [0]. This solution is based on a USB hierarchy makes +an controlled environment, and this turns the problem easier to be solved. A USB +hierarchy is a way of dispose the devices, a set of devices (keyboard, mouse, +...) are attached in one USB HUB and this HUB is associated to one user, making +one seat. The Plugable Docking station are more useful to make a USB hierarchy +because the video is also in the HUB, so the seats are totally separated. This +kind of solution has some problems: Those USB HUBS must be fully plug-and-play, +because user doesn't want to manually reconfigure the devices every time a USB +HUB is detached from the machine. + +A USB Multiseat solution based on Plugable HUBS has another advantage, and this +is the main attraction to end users, the cost/benefit. The USB terminals +themselves are a significant cost savings over buying even low-costs netbooks. +The cost of maintaining PCs goes way down, as many terminals share a single +server. Plug and play nature also provides big savings. This solution is +perfect to "office user", in other words, those users who only use browsers, +messengers, text editors and other common applications like these. + +[0]: http://plugable.com/products/ud-160-a/ |