DonnyEMU wrote:
You really need to be on a non-dial up system like most US computer users to see the speed and beauty of windows update or even symantec's live update. Sorry you are stuck with Dial-in.. I guess we are pretty lucky here.. If it makes you feel any better I doubt an "Amiga Update" would have as many problems due to code size differences etc, or take as long to download.
Not to disagree, but Windows Update is actually one of the driving forces behind the 'broadband' uptake. When you can't keep using your machine (for all the worms and virii in the world), you pay what it takes to keep your stuff usable - and then, as Blaster victims found - fall victim anyway, because you still forgot to install the latest patch.
Systems that can require trucking giant wads of source around (*BSD source trees and ports, Gentoo Linux's Portage, etc.) are another, even more effective motivator.
I doubt we'll have this problem with any Amiga solution, though, since the binaries should stay pretty lithe, and we can hope for fewer complexity-introduced bugs vs. 'the competition.'
BTW, if anyone knows of an even vaguely legal service offering streaming US-network television (I'd kill for PBS, even), PM me or something. If only the providers actually offered multicast...
