Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:26:40 -0700 From: Darren <freebsd@bitfreak.org> To: kevlar Hodge-Podge <kevlar_t_hodgepodge@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What sort of market does FreeBSD provide ... ? Message-ID: <44C45A10.5080503@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F349A8B8482E37935299FB5A4650@phx.gbl> References: <BAY106-F349A8B8482E37935299FB5A4650@phx.gbl>
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kevlar Hodge-Podge wrote: > I just want to see if I understand the issue correctly. > >> From what it sounds like there would need to both be a server for all the > individual machines to connect to, and some sort of scripted client to > capture info on the machine and send it to the server. When asking about > older machines such as the RELENG_4 mail server mentioned, wouldn’t that > person have to go back and in stall this software on the machine? Also > if this project were to work, it would almost have to be placed as a > high priority install, if not almost mandatory. When and how often would > the client contact the server? Every reboot would seem like a good time, > but possibly more often. Would it be possible to modify a very thin > email client to work as the client, meaning the server would send an > email, and when received it would prompt you “would you like to send > uptime/user data now?” perhaps even being able to choose what types of > data to send. I think the average person would be more likely to send > more info if they knew exactly what was being sent. The outrage over the behavior and potential of WGA is a pretty good meter of the general population's opinion of software "calling home."
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