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I like the idea.
Rene
> I use Firefox and Thunderbird for my browser and email.
> They have a nice automatic mechanism for releasing updates
> and restarting the system right back at the point where you
> left off.
>
> It occurs to me that this would be a nice feature for Blackbox
> when coupled to Component Pascal Collections (CPC).
> I could see a window occur , say when you start BB, that says
> "New modules are available for xxx would you like to load them now?"
> You would have a check list of subsystems previously specified of those
> subsystems in which you are interested (the full list would be updated
> behind the scenes when you started BB). Interdependency of modules
> would have to be maintained so that a working set would always be
> on your system.
>
> The benefits of automatic updates would be to keep the BB community
> in sync. It would also allow Oberon Microsystems a mechnism for
> maintaining
> the BB core.
>
> Comments?
>
> -Doug Danforth
>
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