Talk:Diskeeper

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The title for the screenshot says "Diskeeper 2007", but diskeeper 10 is not 2007, I know that the brand new diskeeper version 11 is diskeeper 2007.

[edit] New Version

There's been a new version of Diskeeper created: version 10. YB 16:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC) See here.

Hey, great, the article's been updated. Nice job, guys! Keep it up! - YB 16:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scientology?

For the time being, I'm removing

The company has ties to the Church of Scientology.

This could well be so, but should not be reinserted until a verifiable source is provided. Unlike the rest of the article, this cannot easily be verified by reference to the company's website. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:02, 20 October 2005 (UTC) Actually, a quick Google suggest there should be plenty of verifiable sources but I don't have the time to do anything about it now. Apparently in the 1990s company once denied technical support to Ciba-Geigy because they produce Ritalin... Dpbsmith (talk) 19:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I'll provide sources, such as the one you mentioned. Also, on their official website is a link to their CEO's website [1] which has an entire section about his being a member of the Church of Scientology (click on "Humanitarian"). Also, ex-employees has mentioned the company's Scientology related policies [2]. (Entheta 20:51, 20 October 2005 (UTC))

Great update. Just added some internal wikilinks (Entheta 23:48, 20 October 2005 (UTC))

I fail to see how Scientology has any place in this article. It should be talking about the defragging engine, various advances, a history of the product, etc. How it relates to Mr. Hubbard does not have enough merit for 50% of the article. Aeolien 03:57, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

It's of interest because it caused controversy in Germany, because they refused support to a company that manifactured a drug, and because several ex-employees have mentioned how the company owner's Scientology belief affects the company's policies. (Entheta 13:19, 4 December 2005 (UTC))

It's of interest because it is at the core of Executive Software's business. It has been since they purchased Diskeeper from Rick Cadruvi (the author) back in the late 80s. It should be noted that Ciba-Geigy had made a legal purchase of Diskeeper and afterwards, Executive Software decided to 'withhold' support from them.

I have removed one Scientology-related passage, which appeared twice, from the article. My suggestion is if you think there's not enough info on the Diskeeper product itself, that you expand that part of the article. (Entheta 13:30, 4 December 2005 (UTC))

I have removed the scientology part of this page, it has nothing to do with the program itself. --Chicito21154 19:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

As a casual user I found the scientology reference interesting and informative. It should definitely be kept in. 24.36.152.141 18:16, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

It definitely should be kept out, unless scientology specifically influenced the development of this program, and if so then only kept in for the purpose of explaining that. Otherwise is a topic to write about on an article for the company, not it's products. We don't mention that Henry Ford was an anti-semite on a page about the Model-T. Someguy1221 03:13, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

It should defintely be kept back in. The tool is provisionally sold to other organizations based on that company's stand on issues deemed important to the Church of Scientology. That makes it part of their business model and therefore part of the company and the product. Granted, they have the right to sell or not sell me their products. However, I also have the same right based on a complete understanding of the product and the company. Make it a small reference with a for details, see the article on Executive Software (dba Diskeeper Corporation) and move on...