Re: On software-hardware licensing bundling

2010-04-26 Thread Roger Bowler
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:06:20 +0100, Mikhail Ramendik wrote: >Is the company named IBM? No - IBM won't actually pressure >noncommercial emulators, they only get up in arms when somebody is >making $$$, and of course they won't license the software but old >versions are Out There. Yet it gets some

Re: On software-hardware licensing bundling

2010-04-26 Thread Roger Bowler
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:06:20 +0100, Mikhail Ramendik wrote: >These days the company has significant business on the software and >information side, but still makes a lot of money selling hardware. The >hardware is proprietary, and has proprietary software as well. The >company refuses to license

On software-hardware licensing bundling

2010-04-24 Thread Mikhail Ramendik
Hello, There is a very well known computer company out there that started out as a hardware company. Indeed, for a time it was synonymous with a certain kind of computer. These days the company has significant business on the software and information side, but still makes a lot of money selling h