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Article #673Re: Windows Update, ie5 update, etc.
From: Mark Tyndall
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 00:00
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Andy Mabbett wrote: > [...] > What I want to know is, can I simply upgrade using a version of ie5 for > a magazine cover disc? How will I know I have the latest version? > I'd go the cover-disc way, now. PC+ has it, and probably some of the cheaper mags as well. > Is there a web site where I can download the 15Mb of files without using > the update application, so I can do it using a different, leased line, > account, and save my phone bill? What if I had two or more machines I > wanted to update? > Erm, possibly/probably someone will have stuck up a page with links to all the necessary files. If not, find an ftp mirror site - which will list all the files. > I don't want to start another MS is shite/ brilliant war, but what > possible advantages are there for them in steering us towards working in > this way? > Well, aren't Micro$oft and NTL buddies now? </conspiracy theory> Mark.. -- Clean, optimized, thoughtfully written code can really set an application apart from its peers. (Actually, a marketing juggernaut and a virtual monopoly can also set an application apart from its peers.)
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