Replies to post #17190 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[24601]

SPIN: Please review my first three responses to you initial, purely informational post:

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Posted by: 24601
In reply to: SPIN who wrote msg# 16491 Date:11/4/2003 1:38:51 PM
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Windows RMS (Rights Management Services) benefit-scenarios:

• A company manager has access to the online sales system. She pulls up sales information about last quarter's unit sales using her browser. Because the information is sensitive, specific restrictions have been applied to the report: She cannot print, copy, or paste the data. RMS helps the company protect its sensitive quarterly sales data from accidental or deliberate leaks before its official earnings announcement.

• A CEO needs to send an e-mail message that contains confidential information about an upcoming reorganization to his executive staff. In Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003, he selects a template to specify that recipients can only read the e-mail message, and that they cannot copy, paste, edit, or forward the information. The recipients receive the e-mail message in Outlook 2003, with the usage policies automatically applied to the message. The CEO has a new level of confidence that this sensitive information will be viewed only by his executive staff.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/technologies/rmenterprise.mspx

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Posted by: 24601
In reply to: None Date:11/4/2003 5:38:57 PM
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My suspicion -- unsupported by expertise -- is that a couple of posters might be jumping to unwarranted conclusions about what is portended by Rainbow's working with Microsoft on an appliance for Windows RMS. Could somebody with pertinent expertise please comment?

Best wishes,
John

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Posted by: 24601
In reply to: SPIN who wrote msg# 16561 Date:11/4/2003 5:58:41 PM
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SPIN: I'd agree if we were talking about going with the easiest apple rather than waiting for the best apple. But that seems to require a jump to the conclusion that neither of them is an orange.

Separate topic: When you left the board in mid-September you seemed to believe that something threatening was happening. How did that pan out?

Best wishes,
John

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Surely these three do not qualify for inclusion in what you call "a series of 'piling on' posts from nervous & defensive longs."

[barge]

SPIN/24601--Why the acrimony? Let's aim for melodious exchanges where we treat each other with kindness, dignity and respect. Let us all make purposeful strides towards the achievable goal of a harmonious community that reveres and salutes the ennobling qualities of gentleness, soft words, and patient persuasion.