Well let's jet say that I personally would not want to have to have a coded server responding to thousands of requests a day to compile a list of installed software on a client that is accessing it and then making it available to hundreds of requests at any given moment to download a variety of locally stored updates. The network traffic alone would cost a fortune. I understand how the Software Update server works and it is much more complicated than it seems.
Yes, the files being stored at Apple are part of a static server. It is a much different environment than the Software Update servers and VERY easy to maintain. -- Kyle Hansen When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro! --Hunter S. Thompson On 7/11/12 10:31 AM, "Mac User #330250" <macuser330...@gmx.net> wrote: >I don¹t knowŠ It doesn¹t seem such a burden to keep a working update >structure >online?!? Correct me if I¹m wrong but the Software Updater simply >downloads a >list and compares it with what¹s installed already. It is an automated >way to >tell which updates are available and in which order they should be >applied. > >Keeping this list available cannot be such a burden for Apple! > >Also, the files are still available though the download pages from Apple >Support. So they are still hosted, which is good, yes. But where is it >that >Apple has more important things to do, when what they do is to remove a >simple >list (which is what they apparently did) for older Mac OS versions? > >Cheers, >Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
