New use for AOL CDs (was Re: Your customer's ...)
Robert E. Seastrom
rs at seastrom.com
Tue Oct 2 03:50:49 UTC 2001
Sean Donelan <sean at 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
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