snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle) (11/29/88)
In article <1988Nov19.235026.29419@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: |In article <2490@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> trn@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Tony Nardo) writes: |>I don't wish to pick on SUN alone. It would sure be nice if vendors could |>maintain a system on the network, reachable via anonymous ftp, containing |>the patched sources/objects/binaries for bugs found in their operating |>systems... | |There would be some small licensing problems with this, given that not |everybody on the network is licensed for the same stuff. There could be a seperate account for each package, and the login/password could be supplied with the package. A bit more work this way, but probably less than FedEx-ing tapes all over creation. You'd probably want both a ftp version and a uucp version with an 800 number. This still leaves the problem of making sure all the sites know about the bugfix. :-( _____ /_____\ Snoopy /_______\ |___| tektronix!tekecs!sopwith!snoopy |___| sun!nosun!illian!sopwith!snoopy