Re: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P

["Byron L. Hicks" <bhicks () nmsu edu>]

Not true.  For those of us who host Akamai servers, we could download SP2
with no problems.  We did not need P2P, or MSDN.  In fact, I would be very
reluctant to trust a Windows update downloaded via P2P.

--
Byron L. Hicks
Network Engineer
NMSU ICT





On 8/30/04 12:43 PM, "Jeff Wheeler" <jwheeler () usip org> wrote:

> My two cents:
> When Windows XP SP2 was released the only way to get it (for those of
> us not part of MSDN at least) was via P2P.  The same has been true for
> countless other large but important software releases on various
> platforms (particularly ones like Linux that aren't backed by huge
> corporations with tons of bandwidth to host these sorts of files).
>
> Point is?  P2P is extremely valuable for the timely and cost-effective
> delivery of critical updates to the masses.
>
> --
> Jeff Wheeler
> Postmaster, Network Admin
> US Institute of Peace
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2004, at 2:27 PM, Henry Linneweh wrote:
>
> > So I would like some professional expert opinion to
> > give her on this issue since it will effect the
> > copyright inducement bill. Real benefits for
> > production and professional usage of this technology.
> >
> > -Henry