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Automatic Updates for PAW, finally!

The web has ofcourse completely changed expectations for the feedback loop between customers and suppliers. In the software business, that means that you need to be able to turn around requests for features and bug fixes much much more quickly than 6 month or 1 year cycles.

For installed software, a key aspect of meeting this need is automatic updates. You're constantly getting bug fixes out and incrementally adding features based on user demand. The first requirement is the ability for the customer to very easily obtain an updated version of your product. Still a lot of customers will not bother to check for updates on a periodic basis. Bugs in earlier versions can be a huge stumbling block to people continuing to use your product. Without some sort of automated prompt to get an update installed, your customers are typically not seeing all the work your company is doing to better the product.

So, we just implemented automatic updates for PAW! It is seamless, it is robust, and it just works!

Automatic updates need to be a part of any platform for building software products. Eclipse RCP (Rich Client Platform) provides an excellent foundation for building software. With their latest release of Galileo, the automatic updates support is finally there with Equinox P2. We continue to be happy to have chosen this platform for building out PAW.