[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I love FUD. The functionality we are discussing here will be open for
inspection to anyone. The fact that some malicious home calling applications
exist do not make all such applications suspect.

A good example of phone home software is the "update manager" in Ubuntu that
informs me when it is time to update my software. Phoning home is also
normal in anti-virus software. Truly the organisations who employ "phone
home" functionality have a reputation to keep up, when they abuse the trust
people put in them, they will lose out.
Thanks,
     GerardM

On 30 July 2010 16:24, Steve VanSlyck <s.vanslyck at spamcop.net> wrote:

> "Dial home" or "phone home" is a euphimism from the movie ET. It refers to
> software that "checks in" periodically with the software devolper. Many
> people consider phone home implementations not to be features so much as
> spyware.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: nevio carlos de alarcão <nevinhoalarcao at gmail.com>
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <
> mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:22:25 -0300
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics
>
> > Hi, could you explain what does this dial home feature mean? It would be
> > more comprehensive toward those who are not software expert but do want
> to
> > contribute. Thank you. Regards, Nevio
>
>
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