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The Auto-Update Problem

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

- Admiral Grace Hopper

Auto-updating software is neat. It saves the customer from painful manual updates, and it helps the vendor by keeping people up-to-date with their software.

Unfortunately, the auto-update feature got off to a bad start in UI. Due to mindless follow-the-leader mentality, ...


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