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shockidelica - 24 Feb 2005 00:03 GMT

I had read somewhere that Tiger would allow application developers to
add their own entries to the Software Update tool. Is this still the
case? If so, what is the procedure necessary to accomplish this?

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matt neuburg - 24 Feb 2005 00:44 GMT

> I had read somewhere that Tiger would allow application developers to
> add their own entries to the Software Update tool. Is this still the
> case? If so, what is the procedure necessary to accomplish this?

It is illegal to discuss Tiger. Either you know the answer to this
question (i.e. you're receiving beta seeds) or you don't. m.

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Eric Albert - 24 Feb 2005 05:20 GMT

> > I had read somewhere that Tiger would allow application developers to
> > add their own entries to the Software Update tool. Is this still the
> > case? If so, what is the procedure necessary to accomplish this?
>
> It is illegal to discuss Tiger. Either you know the answer to this
> question (i.e. you're receiving beta seeds) or you don't. m.

It's not a violation of anyone's NDA to point to information that's
publicly available. The only thing I'm aware of that's new for Software
Update in Tiger is that Mac OS X Server users will be able to run their
own Software Update servers. See
<http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/tiger/> for a brief mention of that.

-Eric

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Michael Ash - 24 Feb 2005 11:17 GMT

>> I had read somewhere that Tiger would allow application developers to
>> add their own entries to the Software Update tool. Is this still the
>> case? If so, what is the procedure necessary to accomplish this?
>
> It is illegal to discuss Tiger. Either you know the answer to this
> question (i.e. you're receiving beta seeds) or you don't. m.

That's rather strong, don't you think? First, it's not illegal, it's a
breach of contract, and second, it's only a breanch of the NDA if you've
actually signed it and the information you discuss is covered by it.

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shockidelica - 24 Feb 2005 21:28 GMT

I don't know the answer because I'm currently not a ADC subscriber. The
reason I'm not is because I can't afford it myself and my boss won't
pay for me to have it. If this functionality is something that might be
available in the future, I believe it's something that one of our
applications can leverage. Thus, I am trying to find out more
information about it so that I might be able to convince my boss to buy
a subscription for me.

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Tom Harrington - 24 Feb 2005 23:48 GMT

> I don't know the answer because I'm currently not a ADC subscriber. The
> reason I'm not is because I can't afford it myself and my boss won't
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> information about it so that I might be able to convince my boss to buy
> a subscription for me.

I think the only publicly-available answer right now is that if you
_did_ have a paid ADC membership, you might know the real answer.
However keep in mind that the answer could well be "no".

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