Perhaps MM might take a clue from a long standing practice by Microsoft for Registered users, and that is to send updater files via CD-ROM in snail mail.
This is not needed for small files and patches, but for updaters that are over, say 5 MBytes in size. ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 12:34 AM Subject: RE: CFMX Updater 3 Released | We don't all have the luxury of that kind of bandwidth. I've got | satellite internet - I get > 200kbps downloads, but my uploads are < | 10kbps. I certainly don't have the time to wait while a 40MB file | uploads over a 10kbps connection. | | Really now, with all of the marketing data you've been collecting about | your user base does it really come as a shock that people want this file | without jumping through hoops to get it? I realize it's important to | collect marketing data and that's why you need to go through a login | process to get the updater, but if you actually use that information you | would know that not everyone has Flash installed on their server and | that not everyone even has the option of installing Flash on their | server. | | I've been a big defendant of the new site and your push to RIA, but you | do have to have SOME consideration for Non-Flash users when it comes to | software updates. In this case, it's more important that users get the | updater quickly than it is for you to know who gets it. | | Put the file up someplace we can ALL get to it and then begin working on | a way to track who's getting it without Flash. Don't make your community | wait while you come up with another solution - that will only lead to | folks helping each other out by posting the file for download somewhere | else. | | Joshua Miller | Head Programmer / IT Manager | Garrison Enterprises Inc. | www.garrisonenterprises.net | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (704) 569-9044 ext. 254 | | ************************************************************************ | ************* | Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, | except where the sender states them to be the views of | Garrison Enterprises Inc. | | This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is | addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. If | you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any | dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you | have received this e-mail in error please delete it immediately and | advise us by return e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ************************************************************************ | ************* | | | -----Original Message----- | From: Christian Cantrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 5:34 PM | To: CF-Talk | Subject: Re: CFMX Updater 3 Released | | | On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 01:12 PM, Barney Boisvert wrote: | | > Not to be an ass, but if MM doesn't provide a means to get the updater | | > without Flash support (which isn't an option on GUI-less *nix | > installations, for example), then you're pretty much limited to | > illicit distribution or not | > getting the updater. Of those two, the former seems like a far more | > reasonable choice. | | This is certainly an issue, and as I posted earlier, I have submitted | the problem to the web team and they are aware of it. However, it | doesn't seem that difficult to work around. I have ColdFusion running | a couple Linux servers that do not have any type of graphical interface | or browser installed, so I just downloaded the updater to my | workstation and copied the updater to my servers. | | Christian | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
