Thursday June 30, 2005 Still Time to Play With Sun Update Connection
If you haven't had a chance to download and install the Sun Update Connection, now would be a good time to do so. We are still in our Preview Release, which means that for a limited time you get to install the Sun Update Connection and receive full updates (free patches + security patches + patches requiring entitlement) just for trying it out.Why would you want to try it out? It simplifies patching. The analysis engine makes a best effort attempt to identify what patches are relevant to your environment and offer them to you through both the Update Manager or the Update Connection Portal. This alone reduces the normal tedious work related to keeping patches current on a system.
Contrary to Microsoft's update center, we will not force an update on your systems. We will not download a patch without you requesting it, we will not reboot your systems without your permission. You even have the chance to inspect the data sent back to Sun.
A little tie in with JavaOne. The majority of Sun Update Connection is implemented in Java. This goes for the Update Manager GUI, the analysis engine, the Sun Update Connection Portal as well as the patch delivery infrastructure. All of the server side components are running on Sun Java Enterprise System components, and is running on top of Solaris.
So give it a try.
-- Fred
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Posted by ThinGuy on June 30, 2005 at 11:01 AM MDT #
By default, MS Update is enabled to work automatically on Windows XP Home edition. Which, to me, is an annoyance. I do not trust MS that much with my home desktop. As a result, the last time that MS rebooted my system, it went into Solaris x86 (Nevada build 13 if I remember well...). I left it there since.
-- Fred
Posted by Frederic Jean on June 30, 2005 at 11:12 AM MDT #