The Google Pack of free software consists of packages I’ve either already installed or already uninstalled. It’s way more boring than what we’re used to from Google. But ZDnet UK has an interesting take on it:

It’s an upgrade channel, a path straight to your desktop. Microsoft has one with Windows Update; Google wants the same. Expect this to develop rapidly, with many more options such as Open Office — too big, too many implications for the first release — and plenty of pre-installs on new computers.

So long as Google doesn’t do what Microsoft does with its automatic upgrade facility: After installing a critical update, it sometimes reboots your machine without asking you. (It’s a settable default but it’s set to default the wrong way.) [Tags: google googlePack microsoft]

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