[Info-vax] Welcome to lockdown - HP limiting access to patches

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In article <Zc74GNpyW0nN at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>In article <RpVao.220470$5K1.218080 at unlimited.newshosting.com>, "Jeff Goodwin" <jgoodwin at maine.rrr-r.com> writes:
>> 
>> No other major software vendor that we deal with distributes patches on the 
>> honor system.
>
>   I never have to supply an account or password to get patches from
>   Apple or MicroSlop.  And in the latter case, I don't think I could
>   type fast enough to keep up if I did.

Dunno about Micro$hit but both Linux and Mac OS X let me know there's
an update/patch and I just click to install it after reviewing what is
being updated/patched.  No passwords.  It doesn't even query keychains
for this.

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