Linux has had apt-get for what, 15 years? Microsoft steadfastly refused to implement anything like that for more than a decade, or to open WU in any shape or form to third-parties. All the while, you could get Office updates and IE updates conveniently through WU, but not for any other software, resulting in a proliferation of insecure tools. Whichever motivation they might have had to keep the situation as it was, it resulted in an obtuse and backward monopolistic setup.<p>Eventually they got around building an apt-get clone targeted at opensource developers, and an appstore for Metro apps nobody wants. In 15 years, that&#x27;s not a great track record.