Like all brokered peace settlements, Lotus Notes left both sides feeling like they'd made a compromise they could live with, giving up *some* of their goals, but keeping the things that really mattered to them.
It's impossible to overstate how important Lotus Notes and similar products were, because workers *demanded* the right to use the web on their work computers.
15/
Cory Doctorow
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