- From: James O'Dell <jim@het.brown.edu>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:28:31 -0400
- To: public-widgets-pag@w3.org
In the Early 80s I worked at MIT in the Laboratory for Computer Science. My main project was the MACSYMA computer algebra program. That system ran on a PDP-10 under the ITS timesharing system. Whenever someone starting a MACSYMA session the program ran a program to load a 'fix' file without any intervention by the user. The fix file was prepared by the group of which I was a part. Also, the MIT Lisp Machines (early personal computers) had a 'load- patches' function which would automatically load any operating system patches without any user intervention from a pre-defined 'patch server.' Several staff had the equivalent of 'cron' jobs that loaded patches automatically over the network. I hope this is helpful. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further help. Jim O'Dell
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