At 11:26 AM -0700 6/16/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>On Jun 16, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Dan wrote:
>
>>  What is with Apple?  Why can't they get something so simple as this
>>  update gizmo to work correctly?  This isn't rocket science.  There
>>  are *easy* ways to check to see that a download is complete before
>>  proceeding!
>
>yes there are, and I suspect this sort of issue is one of Apple's 
>goals in building that ginormous data center they're building in S. 
>Carolina. Between Itunes and App stores and all the updates, I expect
>they're pushing their servers pretty hard. More work == more errors.

I read about that.  The state worked hard to get 'em there.

But still... Network and server errors will always happen.  The 
Software Update client can and should recognize the failure and take 
proper action --- not attempt the install anyway, with corrupted 
data, then crash...

Critical OS components should NOT be this fragile.  Period.

- Dan.
-- 
- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

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