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Microsoft 'MultiPoint' release marks new bid for school market
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Microsoft is making a new bid for the attention schools around the world with the release of server software that lets students access the same computer from multiple mice and screens, for shared classroom exercises and educational games.
The product, Windows MultiPoint Server 2010, is an outgrowth of a project that began several years ago in the company's research lab in India, and had been a fixture at the company's research events. Microsoft is selling the program through its volume licensing program for academic institutions, and making it available through partners including Hewlett-Packard, DisplayLink, NComputing, ThinGlobal, and others.
The program was originally intended for emerging markets, where computing resources are often scarce in schools, but the company hopes it could also end up appealing to cash-strapped school districts in developed nations.
Separately, Microsoft recently folded its educational product group into its Microsoft Business Division.
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