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I think we should also keep this in mind. +</I>><i> It would be nice to know, even if you are just speaking in terms +</I>><i> of your knowledge of your country, if dial-up service are +</I>><i> prevalent in your country. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The update or do a rolling update may have a huge impact on these +</I>><i> users. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In Canada, dial-up is still used but high speed hookup is the +</I>><i> norm. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>><i> +</I> +Very few people in the UK are still using dialup, BUT there are +lots of people who are using netbooks with mobile broadband while +out and about. Mobile broadband in this country has very restricted +bandwidth, and if you go over your allowance it's very expensive! + +I doubt if mobile broadband users will be running cauldron on their +netbooks - possibly they will be brave enough to use cauldron on a +home machine but they will need the stable version on the netbook +so they have access to business records while they are away from +home/office - but it needs to be easy to switch off/opt out of +updating automatically every time there's an internet connection so +that netbook users don't have to waste precious bandwidth on an +update for OpenOffice. + +I know a couple of netbook users who have had problems with +automatic Windows updates running in the background on their +netbooks eating all their bandwidth and I wouldn't want Megeia +users to suffer the same fate. + +-- +Margot +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +**Otford Ducks Computers** +We teach, you learn... +...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000839.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000818.html">[Mageia-dev] What do you think about create a Mageia Welcome Center? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#861">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#861">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#861">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#861">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |