Subject: Which platforms are being used for Maxima?
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:04:01 -0400
On 9/26/06, Bill Wood <william.wood3 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > We could then keep statistics on the version checks, keeping source IP
> > (so as not to count each user many times) and version number.
>
> Some of us are not ecstatic about conceptually local applications doing
> Internet IO sub rosa.
>
I am not sure how many users care about this these days; many applications
seem to check for updates. If 1% of users care, then we can have an opt-out
option. If 30% of users care, we can have a UI button (in the UI versions)
"check for updates" so that it is explicit.
-s