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Re: Windows updates and dial up users
- From: Owen DeLong
- Date: Mon Sep 22 13:11:58 2003
Realise that this would require MS to take responsibility for putting out
bad code. That's quite unlikely, IMO.
Hmm no, they dont have to take that approach, they currently provide
updates as part of their license agreement to users, this would just be
an enhancement of their existing facility offering a new level of
security whereby users can gain access to critical updates without
putting their machines at risk by connecting to the global Internet...
Actually, they don't, and, that's probably why they don't want others
redistributing their patch software. If you run Windows update, you have
to agree to half a dozen additional and supplemental EULAs before you can
actually get your software patched. (I carefully had someone else agree
on the one Windows system I have to cope with so that _I_ am still not
a party to a Micr0$0ft EULA).
It would be an enhancement for the users, but, for Micr0$0ft, it's all about
the EULA, and, if it is distributed on CD, it's much harder for them to
enforce the "you must agree to the supplemental EULA" provisions.
Owen
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