I don't see why IBM would want the combination of them. SuSE by itself I can see, but why would IBM be more interested with Novell as part of the deal? IBM has Notes, so it doesn't need GroupWise.
If true that means that they don't understand the pirates and/or overestimate the potency of the technology they employed to thwart them. In either case they fell into the same trap that software publishers have for years: their attempts to stop piracy succeed only in aggravating paying customers.
"Adding digital-rights-management software to the company's tax preparation neither paid off financially in attracting new customers, nor in consumer satisfaction, Intuit spokesman Scott Gulbransen said."
Just how was adding DRM supposed to attract customers and increase customer satisfaction? This sounds distinctly like a marketing/public relations spin attempt.
It seems to me that it depends on how badly the masses want to be rid of spam. The bit that worries me about the potential for adoption (let alone rapid implementation) is that it claims to put control in the hands of the user, not the ISPs. I can't imagine they'll be too keen on that.
Nostalgia would have worked for me; At least enough for me to use an Apple II emmulator. Unfortunately, I don't have my disks from back then. It would be great fun looking at the first program I stayed up all night to write. It would be good for a laugh at least.
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I don't see why IBM would want the combination of them. SuSE by itself I can see, but why would IBM be more interested with Novell as part of the deal? IBM has Notes, so it doesn't need GroupWise.
If true that means that they don't understand the pirates and/or overestimate the potency of the technology they employed to thwart them. In either case they fell into the same trap that software publishers have for years: their attempts to stop piracy succeed only in aggravating paying customers.
"Adding digital-rights-management software to the company's tax preparation neither paid off financially in attracting new customers, nor in consumer satisfaction, Intuit spokesman Scott Gulbransen said."
Just how was adding DRM supposed to attract customers and increase customer satisfaction? This sounds distinctly like a marketing/public relations spin attempt.
It seems to me that it depends on how badly the masses want to be rid of spam. The bit that worries me about the potential for adoption (let alone rapid implementation) is that it claims to put control in the hands of the user, not the ISPs. I can't imagine they'll be too keen on that.
Nostalgia would have worked for me; At least enough for me to use an Apple II emmulator. Unfortunately, I don't have my disks from back then. It would be great fun looking at the first program I stayed up all night to write. It would be good for a laugh at least.
Oh, and it was a great platform for Tempest!