Progeny Linux Systems develops open source software and services for network computing[?]. They have released a Linux distribution based on Debian called Progeny Debian[?], but they have decided to drop it and will merge it back to the main Debian distribution. They also were working on a different paradigm of network computing called NOW[?], but the project has been shelved. Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, is the founder and Chairman of the Board.