Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Jul 2008 21:56 UTC, submitted by peskypescado
I have written about if before: updating programs on your computer - if you're not using a Linux distribution, that is - is a total and utter mess. On Windows and Mac OS X, there are roughly four ways of updating applications. The application notifies of new updates, and then downloads them when you click 'yes', the application updates from within the application itself, or the application requires a special update program running in the background. These are all quite annoying, since they interfere with your workflow (as opposed to, say, running "apt-get upgrade" every morning). The fourth method is the official vendor channel, Windows/Microsoft Update in Windows and Software Update in Mac OS X. Paul Ellis argues that to alleviate the mess, Microsoft should open up Microsoft Update for everyone else - and similar arguments are made concerning Apple's Software Update.
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2005-12-02
and it worked great. There was a program called Cybermedia Oil Change that I used with Windows 95. I think MS bought the company maybe and turned it into Windows Update? Either way, the product was discontinued, and it handled all of this nicely, meaning Windows Updates, installed software updates, etc. It even handled updates from Creative and such for hardware drivers. I was pissed when it was discontinued. It came out in 1996 I believe, or close to it.