[61915] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microsoft distributes free CDs in Japan to patch Windows
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Tue Sep 9 14:49:07 2003
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 21:48:20 +0300
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF44A1D19D.72F0C2EF-ON80256D9C.00561FEF-80256D9C.005685C3@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
>Failing that, why can't they bundle up just the updates onto a CD that is
>released every few months and shipped out to all of their regular
>customers along with permission to copy and redistribute. That way more
>OEM's would ship out fully updated machines.
>
>
>
Because Microsoft´s bottom line depends on meeting release dates for new
features,
not handing out patches for old one?
Pete
