[abramN]

Has no one realized that Microsoft and others are moving to a SaaS model, even with consumer OSes? Lots of other service providers update their platforms, and the user doesn't really have much say in WHEN it happens. We just get a message that the vendor is updating the software during a maintenance window, and that's that. 10,20 years from now we'll be subscribing to all of our software, and we will just be told when that software is going to update. We may also see something similar to what the Playstation does - ok, don't update now if you don't want to, but that means you can't use any network features! But either way, prepare for a new way to look at the applications running on your PC.