Jason wrote: > I was reading a description of this in.. umm.. I think it was a Windows NT > Rag (Backoffice?). > > The artical was about something called CDL, Channel Definian Language, and > it was a push tech based on XML designed to compete with Netscape's Point > Caster. > > The article didn't make any mention of installing software, but it would > be the logical direction eh? I think you are referring to CDF (Channel Definition Format). I think the thing with CDF is that it is designed to turn websites into "channels". I think this OSD stuff was inspired by what Microsoft was doing with their CDF stuff - but CDF doesn't really fit the bill for what Marimba wants to do - so that's why we now have OSD. > My question would be Why? We have a very nice pull system in place, having > a server push the software to Debian users would be a waste of bandwidth? Well, I haven't really seen a "push" system that actually pushes data (like e-mail). Most of them are really just "timed pull" systems. It's just a matter of semantics really. I'm not particularily crazy about having "push" software. I don't need my software being upgraded to newer (probably buggy) versions without my knowing it. But I wouldn't mind having documentation updated automatically. Or a bug database. Or a mailing list archive. See how this might fit nicely with my work on dwww? Cheers, - Jim
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