More importantly for Canonical, their partners, and end-users, this establishes the Ubuntu operating system on four screens: Tablet, desktop, phone, and TV.

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At 56, Metcalfe looked fine and fit, pulsating through the phone wires at 384 kilobits per second on an Avistar desktop videoconferencing system.

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