At first blush, this sounds pretty wonderful. No more searching, no more twiddling your thumbs while some huge file comes down the pipe. No more forgetting to check for an update.
Stuff just appears.
When your system is idle for a moment, content magically appears on-screen. It was an appealing notion, and PointCast got a lot of attention. PointCast listened and made using the product easier by introducing a proxy server. This all sounded great, but in my experience, talking with a large number of PC users and PC managers in corporate settings, PointCast has been a dud. Some companies have dictated that PointCast is unwelcome on their PCs, but the larger issue is users' behavior.