ZeroInstall; dare ya !

[David J Patrick]

Peter L. Peres wrote:

>On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, William Park wrote:
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>>But, how would you run Vim or LaTeX?  You would have to dial out every
>>time you turn your computer on, no?  Is that like doing network install,
>>every time?
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>It's more like browsing with a proxy. After you browse for a day 90% of
>the sites you want are in the proxy and you can disconnect and keep using
>them. Then the remaining 10% will come in slowly, as you need it, when you
>connect. When you have too many you purge the cache (selectively or not).
>I like the idea but it practically requires broadband.
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>Peter
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The difference there is that with web content, you want _todays_ news,
but for applications, _this month_ is often OK.
meaning that you only have to refresh the application cache when you 
intend to "upgrade".

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