At 11:33 PM 6/28/2005, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Looks like someone from Microsoft reads this list for ideas and happened > to see your long post. They now have addressed your windows update > problem - files being overly big, by releasing a patch yesterday
I was hopeful when I read this, but after looking at the update I don't think it will have much impact. The update eliminates the need to download about 477 KB (in a separate file) when patching the system. Also, some of the updates are now as big as *723 MB*, so the difference is a minuscule fraction of their bloated size. What I'd really like to see (besides the fixes to Squid, which are needed anyway) is for Microsoft to use compressed differential patches, a la RTPatch. --Brett
