Utility computing still a hard sell
News That was the gist of conversation at the SoftSummit conference, as software executives discussed the promise and reality of utility computing and subscription pricing. Pay-as-you-go software might sound like a fine idea in principle, but it's...
[October 20, 2004, 8:50]
Software firms tweak activation after backlash
News Product activation, an increasingly common anti-piracy technique that links a piece of software to a specific PC, was one of the main topics at SoftSummit. Software makers are getting smarter, but no less insistent, about product activation in the...
[October 7, 2003, 10:00]
