[43189] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New use for AOL CDs (was Re: Your customer's ...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E. Seastrom)
Mon Oct 1 23:52:53 2001
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Wojtek Zlobicki <wojtekz@idirect.com>,
<nanog@merit.edu>
From: rs@seastrom.com (Robert E. Seastrom)
Date: 01 Oct 2001 23:50:49 -0400
In-Reply-To: Sean Donelan's message of "Mon, 1 Oct 2001 23:55:32 -0400 (EDT)"
Message-ID: <87vghybsyu.fsf@valhalla.seastrom.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> writes:
> A dumb suggestion, but why doesn't Microsoft hire AOL to include all its
> recommended patches for Windows on the CD's AOL sends to everyone on
> the planet? That way users don't have to wait for hours for all the
> patches downloading on their 28k modems.
Because upgrades to the AOL software come out every few months,
whereas (security-related) patches to Microsoft software come out every
few days. The supply chain logistics alone would be unreal.
---Rob
