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Re:One Hundred Ideas for Computing by thrower123 on Saturday February 08, 2020 @07:59PM (#22279717)
Notes was in many ways much better than Outlook. It's a shame it got sold off to the crapheap and abandoned.
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Re:One Hundred Ideas for Computing by nine_k on Saturday February 08, 2020 @08:51PM (#22279882)
It was a great technical idea (email as a replicating distributed database), but I heard the user experience was not great.

Friction kills both mechanical devices and software products. Work on removing friction if you want your gearbox, or your software, to last.

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Re:One Hundred Ideas for Computing by andrekorol on Saturday February 08, 2020 @09:27PM (#22279997)
"email as a replicating distributed database" sounds a lot like something that could now be approached with new blockchain technology.
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Re:One Hundred Ideas for Computing by nine_k on Saturday February 08, 2020 @09:33PM (#22280017)
Why, yes. Blockchains don't necessarily require a proof of work; git is essentially a blockchain.
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