Reference: Genesi Press Release

Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Genesi announced it had successfully completed the Avalanche Desktop Reference pre-pilot project development and had transitioned to the deployment phase with Avalanche members Jostens and Select Comfort. Jostens and Select Comfort seek to validate a Debian GNU/Linux solution running on the PowerPC®-based Pegasos system for thin client/file server use in call centers and general corporate desktop use.

"The PowerPC® architecture offers many benefits when combined with open source software. As an Avalanche member we look forward to the progressive development of this resource in our quest to reduce our total IT cost of ownership," said Andrew Black, CIO of Jostens.

The Pegasos was recently demonstrated in a variety of configurations by Genesi at Freescale's Smart Networks Developer Forum 2004 Europe and Embedded Connectivity Summit. The Pegasos is based on the PowerPC® architecture and can be deployed across the enterprise network as a thin client, desktop machine, netcom device or server in one single upgradeable and scalable form factor and in this case one operating system.