Re: Windows updates and dial up users

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> > Realise that this would require MS to take responsibility for putting out
> > bad code. That's quite unlikely, IMO.
>
> Hmm no, they dont have to take that approach, they currently provide
> updates as  part of their license agreement to users, this would just be
> an enhancement of  their existing facility offering a new level of
> security whereby users can gain  access to critical updates without
> putting their machines at risk by connecting  to the global Internet...
Actually, they don't, and, that's probably why they don't want others
redistributing their patch software.  If you run Windows update, you have
to agree to half a dozen additional and supplemental EULAs before you can
actually get your software patched.  (I carefully had someone else agree
on the one Windows system I have to cope with so that _I_ am still not
a party to a Micr0$0ft EULA).

It would be an enhancement for the users, but, for Micr0$0ft, it's all about
the EULA, and, if it is distributed on CD, it's much harder for them to
enforce the "you must agree to the supplemental EULA" provisions.

Owen