"No walls" Israeli-Palestinian Joint Technology Venture
Posted May 29th, 2008 by aaron
Ghost, Inc. is an Israeli-Palestinian company that provides a free, web-based virtual computer that lets users access their desktop and files from any computer with an Internet connection. Ghost is an acronym for Global Hosted Operating System.
Despite the company slogan "no walls" which explicit markets the product and implicitly refers to the physical wall between much of Israel and the Palestinian territories (and the company's two offices), the founders are not directly in pursuit of peace in the region with this company. They have, however, started a foundation to create computer centers in Ramallah and in mixed Jewish-Arab towns in Israel.
The official launch of the product is scheduled for Halloween this year.
G.ho.st provides every person in the world with a free Virtual Computer (VC). Like a Windows PC, or Mac, the VC is a personal computing environment which includes your desktop, your personal settings, your files and your choice of software applications. But unlike a PC, your VC is not installed on one physical computer - instead it is stored in professional data centers across the Internet cloud, and is accessed from any Internet browser in the world. From any computer, open the browser to G.ho.st , enter your username and password, and continue using your VC from exactly the state you last left it in.
Ghost, Inc. is an Israeli-Palestinian company that provides a free, web-based virtual computer that lets users access their desktop and files from any computer with an Internet connection. Ghost is an acronym for Global Hosted Operating System.
Despite the company slogan "no walls" which explicit markets the product and implicitly refers to the physical wall between much of Israel and the Palestinian territories (and the company's two offices), the founders are not directly in pursuit of peace in the region with this company. They have, however, started a foundation to create computer centers in Ramallah and in mixed Jewish-Arab towns in Israel.
The official launch of the product is scheduled for Halloween this year.
About the company (from Ghost, Inc. website):
G.ho.st provides every person in the world with a free Virtual Computer (VC). Like a Windows PC, or Mac, the VC is a personal computing environment which includes your desktop, your personal settings, your files and your choice of software applications. But unlike a PC, your VC is not installed on one physical computer - instead it is stored in professional data centers across the Internet cloud, and is accessed from any Internet browser in the world. From any computer, open the browser to G.ho.st , enter your username and password, and continue using your VC from exactly the state you last left it in.