kkmfg
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It's worth noting, however, that the istech status page has links to updated programs and there is no protection from someone downloading those files and installing incompatible copies on their system. It's still a bit safer than posting program fixes on the bug tracker itself. Ideally, and this is a totally hypothetical scenario, it would be best if there were some sort of updating agent which had access to the most recent version of every program and could "auto update" a Classic or Evo installation to the newest version. Of course, this is really easy so long as the only change is downloading a newer copy of a program executable (be it a .RWN, .RUN, or .EXE). Sometimes the database has to be upgraded and that would throw a bit of a complication into things. It should still be doable. Of course, such an auto updater would need to be authenticated so that only registered, paying customers could use it. Still, I think this could be a decent idea as it would help to ensure that the maximum # of people are up to date. However, a potential snag is that currently people sometimes keep away from the bleeding edge updates because they are afraid that something may have gotten broken. As such, an auto update system really only works if you trust that the newer version really is better than the one you already have.
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