http://therning.org/magnus/archives/79?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= Incoherent mumblings Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:33:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://therning.org/magnus/archives/79#comment-37 therning.org/ magnus » Keeping windows up-to-date Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:19:45 +0000 http://therning.org/magnus/?p=79#comment-37 <p>[...] Eric is grumbling about installing software on Windows. Well, he didn’t hit the real point of pain with Windows yet: upgrading applications. As I’ve mentioned before Window’s package management is broken. Yes, it’s that simple, and the worst thing is that there seems to be no solution in sight. At least not unless every Windows software provider agrees to chip in and create a central repository for upgrades… I don’t see that happening any time soon though. [...]</p> [...] Eric is grumbling about installing software on Windows. Well, he didn’t hit the real point of pain with Windows yet: upgrading applications. As I’ve mentioned before Window’s package management is broken. Yes, it’s that simple, and the worst thing is that there seems to be no solution in sight. At least not unless every Windows software provider agrees to chip in and create a central repository for upgrades… I don’t see that happening any time soon though. [...]

]]> http://therning.org/magnus/archives/79#comment-12 therning.org/ magnus » Another reason not to run Windows… Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:09:30 +0000 http://therning.org/magnus/?p=79#comment-12 <p>[...] Triggered by the email I wrote about yesterday (One of the main reasons I’m not running Windows) I went to Micro$oft’s update site to see if there were any non-essential updates for my windows system. Given the name of the service—”Microsoft Update”—I assumed what I’d be presented with would be updates of components I already had installed. I didn’t bother reading all the text, I just chose all the available updates. What a giant mistake! [...]</p> [...] Triggered by the email I wrote about yesterday (One of the main reasons I’m not running Windows) I went to Micro$oft’s update site to see if there were any non-essential updates for my windows system. Given the name of the service—”Microsoft Update”—I assumed what I’d be presented with would be updates of components I already had installed. I didn’t bother reading all the text, I just chose all the available updates. What a giant mistake! [...]

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