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In article <18kcvoINNd5t@huon.itd.adelaide.edu.au>
mpradhan@medicine.adelaide.edu.au (Malcolm Pradhan) writes:
> I read that Apple have released a network updating program for
>maintaining computers in labs etc. I think it was called "Likewise". The
>thing that stood out was that it was reasonably priced with unlimited
>clients.
>
>Has anyone played with it? Is it much different to the numerous other
>[expensive] network update packages around? 

Yes, it is much different. It is not as smart as other programs. It only does
one thing - it copies an entire directory (folder or disk) to all clients,
replacing any old version. Its advantage over other programs is that it will
update all clients at the same time.

It does this by using AppleTalk broadcasts. This is good in an isolated
classroom, since it saves time. This is bad in a big AppleTalk network, because
it eats so much bandwidth.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

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