Re: AVG "internet connection failed"

From: Gordon Fecyk (gordonf_at_pan-am.ca)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:22:18 -0600

> From my own experience I think that happens when the Grisoft server is too
> busy. Try again after fifteen or twenty minutes or after a few hours.

Heh, I guess Grisoft is learning about the Addictive Update Model the hard
way. It costs a lot of money in bandwidth to support a scheduled DDoS
attack.

If you don't know what the addictive update model is, read this node on
everything2:
<http://www.everything2.com/?node=addictive%20update%20model> 

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