Mermaid: Introduction

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Mermaid Introduction

• The P2P v2.0 Revolution

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What is Mermaid?

• FREE to use products.
• Mermaid is a Product line from MetaASO Solutions
• 5 years of RD behind Mermaid
• Operates on LAN (without Internet) or Internet
  alike.
• Initially is composed of 5 products
• Capability to Broadcast to the whole World
• 256Kbps internet
• Normal home pc
• HD Quality Video Supported
• Keywords News, Radio Card, TV Tuner Card,
  Desktop, Webcam, Mic., Chat, Meeting, Movies,
  P2P, Realtime, Multimedia

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The First Release of 5 Products

• Mermaid Meeting
• Mermaid Multisource
• Mermaid Movie
• Mermaid Webcam
• Mermaid News

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What is P2P v2.0

• Absolutely no Servers
• Based on IPV6
• No Central Control
• Freedom of Speech
• Empowerment of Customers
• User To User Applications
• Realtime Applications
• Multimedia Rich
• Massively Global Scale

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Platforms Supported

• Windows XP SP2 (x86/x64) 32/64Bit
• Windows Vista All Flavors (Home/Premium/Business/U
  ltimate) (x86/x64) 32/64Bit
• Linux Unixs, Coming Soon
• Mac OSX, Coming Soon

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The Financial Equations

• If YouTube served 3 min. video clips to 100m
  users everyday in 2006 costing 1.2m per month,
  it would cost 5.8 billion per month to serve 24
  hour TV to a billion users.
• Mermaid Requires No Server/Server Cluster
• Mermaid Has No User Licensing Costs
• Mermaid Requires No Maintenance Costs or Royalty
  payments
• Mermaid Requires No Special Staff
• Mermaid Requires No Third Party Software Licenses
• Mermaid Requires accessories like TV Tuner,
  Webcam, Mic., Radio Card, Operating System and
  perhaps an Internet Connection.
• Mermaids Algorithms Scale To Billions of Users
  Using Conventional Home PCs and 256 Kbps
  Internet Connection

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Our Revenue Model

• Distribute Basic Software for free.
• Custom Development of Softwares for Organizations
  that need them.
• Unintrusive Ad-Banner-Supported
• Web delivery of Softwares
• 6 Month Product Release
• Growth by Capitalizing on Effective Research
  conversion into Products/Services.

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The People Behind Mermaid

• Alumni of Indian Institute of Technology
• Alumni of Stanford
• Usually have been programming for the last 10-20
  years.
• Management Strategy Consultants
• Technology Consultants

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The path forward

• Product line to expand to around 20 products
• Billion(s) Revenues
• Free 1-800-support-numbers around the world
• Rapid Release Cycles
• Should be available on all platforms of Desktop
  Operating Systems
• Basic version should remain free
• Multilingual products
• Continued Research Development to expand into
  other areas.

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Give it a try

• You might end up addicted!
• Mermaid Website http//mermaid.metaaso.com
• Corporate Website http//www.metaaso.com