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This was the second article in c't on the program. The first, in October, called it "placebo software"--a catchy appellation that triggered a libel suit and a temporary restraining order. In response to the court challenge, c't's editor, Christian Persson, and one of its writers, Ingo...
"It is complete nonsense," says Syncronys president Rainer Poertner of c't's charge. "The compression algorithms are at the heart of our technology." Does SoftRAM 95 actually compress data held in memory chips? "Absolutely!" he insists. Poertner points out that a recent customer survey conducted by Dataquest, a market...
But Syncronys may be more than just another high-tech success story. According to a report published last week in the German computer magazine c't--a report vehemently denied by the company--Syncronys' promise of memory compression may have been just that, a promise. The magazine's analysis of...
That isn't to say memory compression itself is a pipe dream. On the contrary, the technology is real, and Syncronys is not the only company to have cashed in on its appeal. But neither of SoftRAM 95's top competitors--Connectix's RAM Doubler and Quarterdeck's MagnaRAM2--can...
For if the harshest of these attacks are true, SoftRAM 95 isn't just one more computer product that fails to live up to its hype; it's a hollow piece of Potemkin programming, devoid of the advanced, patent-pending compression technology touted in its packaging. In short, says Mark...