Gateway Makes Store PCs Work Overtime
from the good-uses dept
It seems Gateway has realized that all those display model computers in all those stores they have all over the place are really doing nothing most of the time, and it wouldn't hurt to try to make a little cash off of them. So, now, they've teamed up with United Devices to sell the computing power from all those machines to be used in distributed computing projects. In other words, since those machines mostly sit there and look pretty, they'll now be processing things for folding proteins or other such distributed computing problems. The cynical (and I might be included among them) might say that this is the equivalent of Gateway pulling pennies out of the fountain, but if the computers are just going to sit there, they might as well be put to use for a good purpose.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Gateway selling cycles
I guess free advertising and good will isn't worth the effort anymore.
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