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Re: update checking

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From	Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com>
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Subject	Re: update checking
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Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> wrote:

> On 8/11/12 6:57 PM, bob wrote:
> > Why does it often take software forever and a day to check if an update
> is available?  An example of this is Mac OS.  Isn't this just a matter of
> comparing the latest version of a component with the current version? 

No, it's roaming through all the porn and business doc on your hard drive
and sending it back to Redmond or Mac HQ depending on your OS.

Don't be so gullible, Bob. You screwed up, you trusted them.

> Also, what if you have privacy concerns.  I don't want Apple, Microsoft, 
> or Google to know every component (or even type of component) that I 
> have installed, so the updater can't just say "Here are the 100 things I 
> have installed, what is the latest version?".

So don't use it. Format your hard drive and install a real OS instead of GUI
malware with a EULA.

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update checking bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-08-11 18:57 -0700
  Re: update checking Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-08-14 11:22 -0700
    Re: update checking Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2012-08-15 11:35 +0200
      Re: update checking Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-08-16 08:38 -0700

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