Is Apple opening up Software Update to third-party apps?

[Brien]

As per this image in AI's newest Snow Leopard featurette:



They've renamed "Installed Updates" to "Installed Software".

Are we going to be seeing something akin to the iPhone's App Store update tab? I think so. Opening up software update to devs is easier for the end-user to manage and update their software, and it's also possible that the tab will function like the add/remove programs control panel that Windows has had for years. If it does indeed, and removes plists and prefs along with the app in a one-click process, then both of these features combined would be great.

What does everyone else think? Possible? Probable?

 

[Eraserhead]

Probable IMO. I'm expecting an AppStore for Mac apps, but opening software update for existing apps would be good too.

 

[Brien]

Probable IMO. I'm expecting an AppStore for Mac apps, but opening software update for existing apps would be good too.

Let's just hope that Apple doesn't lock down OS X to only allowing "approved" applications onto the platform if that's the case.

 

[MacDawg]

Let's just hope that Apple doesn't lock down OS X to only allowing "approved" applications onto the platform if that's the case.

I don't see that happening at all

Woof, Woof - Dawg