---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Updates for Mac OS X? Date: Wednesday, 11. July 2012 From: Kyle Hansen <pi...@speakeasy.net> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > 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.
I understand. Although I don’t think that it’s a hundreds of requests a day from 10.2/10.3 users. It’s more likely to be hundreds a month… > 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. I don’t, I thought it would download only the list and compare it locally (using the processing power and thus the power/energy from the local computer rather than the server). This would only produce network traffic, which isn’t so much when you think of how many 10.2/10.3 users are still out there: practically only a few. But, yeah, I do get you point. 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
