I guess that my concern would be (with going outside of the os) is if you have lots of software installed that uses this sooner or later you will run out of that space.
At least if it is in the os you can see that your hard drive is filling up and you need to get another one. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:30 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Macromedia Updates Contribute On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 16:24 pm, Jochem van Dieten wrote: > > 1) Once registered, what happens if there is a DNS or other problem that > > prevents the deamon phoning home or successfully talking to MM? Will the > > server be shut down ? > http://www.macromedia.com/software/activation/faq/#itemA-15 Yes, yes yes. Doesn't answer the question though. There is a process in the background which runs off to MM to ask if I'm valid or not every so often. What happens if that doesn't/can not occur ? > > If this were to appear in the ColdFusion server[*] > > IMHO, going outside the file system on a server is not something to be > undertaken lightly. It shouldn't be taken lightly on a dekstop ! > Especially on systems running non-mainstream unices > where CF is deployed on top of a non-mainstream J2EE application servers > it is not something I would want to QA. I wouldn't expect MM to support weird combinations of O/S and J2EE. > I expect it will work quite OK for developer > tools (provided no unexpected BSODs occur when burning a CD :-) ). Contribute isn't a developer tool. > because there is too much hassle for legitimate users. Thats what MS said. Now they are in a mess <shrug> > Time will tell Aye, aye. -- Thomas C Advanced ColdFusion Programmer HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This Email Contains Minute Electrically Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred Million Miles Per Hour. PLEASE ALSO NOTE: I don't speak for the company that sent this. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
